The tool allows you to compare how much FEMA has provided in terms
of federal disaster aid (through its Individuals & Households Program) after Presidential Disaster Declarations to the amount the National Flood Insurance Program has paid to its policyholders.
The tool allows you to compare how much FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration have provided in terms
of federal disaster aid after Presidential Disaster Declarations to the amount the National Flood Insurance program has paid to its policyholders.
Cuomo's schedule, released last night, included a meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, at which he was to be joined by three Republican lawmakers from New York — Reps. Bob Turner, Michael Grimm and Pete King, on whom the governor is leaning quite heavily as he pushes for the $ 42 billion worth
of federal disaster aid he's seeking after Sandy.
Not exact matches
And many, like Memphis Pig Out, are still making a comeback, despite $ 60 billion in
aid from the
federal government and $ 2.4 billion worth
of disaster recovery loans from the Small Business Administration.
Not since Michael D. Brown got that «heckuva job» praise over the
federal government's Hurricane Katrina response and then resigned over his poor performance for his Hurricane Katrina response has a presidential assessment
of U.S.
disaster aid swung quite...
When Obama made his pre-Thanksgiving visit to New York to tour Sandy damage, he rode in a helicopter with both Cuomo and Bloomberg and reportedly advised the duo to think regionally when seeking
federal disaster aid in order to maximize their chances
of getting a green light from the divided Congress.
Frost - damaged upstate vineyards are eligible for
federal disaster aid this year under a declaration issued by the the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will request 30 billion dollars in
disaster aid from the
federal government as New York City and other areas
of the state continue to dig out from Hurricane Sandy.
Frost - damaged vineyards across Upstate New York will be eligible for
federal disaster aid this year under a declaration issued today by the the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
Although less than 9 percent
of the city's overall budget is comes from
federal aid — excluding Community Development Block Grant -
Disaster Recovery and other Hurricane Sandy - related
aid — 11 out
of more than 40 mayoral agencies that represent 59 percent
of total city spending get 92 percent
of federal grant
aid, according to Stringer's initial analysis
of federal funding, which he conducted to pinpoint what's at stake for New Yorkers ahead
of Trump's inauguration in January.
The governor has not been to the nation's capital to lobby the
federal government in more than four years, since a visit in 2012 to press for
disaster aid in the aftermath
of Hurricane Sandy.
Three more counties — two
of them in the downstate region — were added to the
federal government's list
of official
disaster areas, making them eligible to receive cleanup
aid, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.
45 counties in Illinois and some areas
of Indiana were declared
federal disaster areas by Bill Clinton and eligible to receive
federal aid.
Add Rep. Tom Reed to the list
of New York Republicans who support House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's call for offsetting additional
disaster aid in the wake
of Irene with spending cuts elsewhere in the
federal budget.
Twenty members
of New York's House delegation are calling on President Obama to name seven six additional counties as
disaster areas in order for them to be eligible for
federal aid.
On July 17, 2013, in response to the impact
of these floods and the lack
of approved
federal disaster aid for individual assistance, the Governor announced the creation
of the Mohawk Valley and 2013 Upstate Flood Recovery Program.
In Cuomo's six years in office, spending has increased an average
of 1.4 percent each year, when adjusted to exclude
federal emergency
aid for
disasters like Hurricane Sandy recovery.
Federal disaster aid will be available to counties across western New York and the Adirondacks that were impacted by the lake effect snowstorm that buried parts
of the region last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced on Monday.
More than two months after Sandy damaged or destroyed hundreds
of thousands
of homes and businesses in New York alone, the state is still waiting for
federal disaster aid.
While declaring 12 counties
disaster areas after recent rains ravaged parts
of the Mohawk Valley and upstate New York, the
federal government has denied individual
disaster aid for people who lost property in the floods.
Obtained millions
of dollars in
federal aid for Erie County, its municipalities, non-profit organizations and individuals as a result
of federal disaster declarations.
Singh, for all his discussion
of taking advantage
of FEMA
aid, was charged before his plea deal with fraudulently obtaining
federal disaster relief funds by filing fraudulent documents and invoices.
Each
of the counties included in the state's
disaster declaration request met the threshold needed to secure
federal aid, according to Tenney.
But even as the area recovers, the level
of water in Lake Ontario remains high, and recovery efforts along some parts
of the shore have to wait for drier weather — and a
federal disaster declaration that local and state officials have requested to unlock additional
aid.
His position provoked angry responses from Democrats and some Republicans outside
of Congress, including Gov. Chris Christie
of New Jersey, who argued that it would be inexcusable to delay
federal disaster aid until spending cuts could be identified.
The proposed cuts include $ 269.78 billion from energy programs, including $ 158.7 billion
of fossil fuel subsidies; $ 167.09 billion
of agricultural subsidies, including $ 89.82 billion
of federal crop insurance
disaster aid; $ 212.02 billion
of transportation subsidies, including $ 125.80 billion
of general revenue transfers to the Highway Trust Fund; $ 101.8 billion
of federal flood, crop and nuclear insurance subsidies; and $ 24.99 billion from wasteful or environmental damaging public lands and water projects.
Reeves has studied the effect
of natural
disasters on voting patterns and has found that when a local official asks for
federal aid after an earthquake, hurricane or tornado, that official gets a bump
of a few points in the polls.
The U.S. Department
of Education has announced additional
federal aid for schools and students impacted by recent natural
disasters.
FHWA's emergency relief program provides funds for the repair or reconstruction
of federal -
aid roads and bridges damaged by natural
disasters or catastrophic events.
FHWA's Emergency Relief program provides funds for the repair or reconstruction
of federal -
aid roads and bridges damaged by natural
disasters or catastrophic events
Issue: 23 U.S.C. 125 authorizes an Emergency Relief (ER) program for the repair or reconstruction
of Federal -
aid highways and
of roads on
Federal lands that have suffered serious damage as a result
of natural
disasters or catastrophic failures from an external cause.
The FHWA's emergency relief program reimburses states for the repair or reconstruction
of federal -
aid highways that were damaged in
disasters and catastrophic failures.
St. Louis is still a
disaster zone, with billions
of federal aid.
Maryland and Virginia's U.S. senators say there's no time to waste in declaring the decline
of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs a
federal disaster... In a letter to
federal authorities, the senators argue for a declaration that would provide about $ 20 million in
federal aid to watermen and seafood processors hurt by the crab's decline... The letter was sent yesterday to Department
of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.