Sentences with phrase «on federal disaster aid»
Some folks mistakenly believe they can rely on federal disaster aid if a severe earthquake strikes their area.
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The federal government spent about $ 277 billion on relief aid from 2005 to 2014, responding to natural disasters like Harvey, according to a 2016 report from the federal Government Accountability Office.
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.
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.
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.
Based on damage estimates the impacted areas could be eligible for state aid but the threshold for a federal disaster declaration has not been met.
WASHINGTON — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he's optimistic a federal disaster aid package will make it through Congress this year, but conceded he won few specific commitments as he made his case Monday at the White House and on Capitol Hill.
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.
Federal disaster aid on the way Last week, the State Water Resources Control Board loosened some water quality standards in the delta in order to conserve water for users upstream.
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.
President Donald Trump on August 25th signed a disaster relief declaration to funnel federal aid and emergency resources to rescue and recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast.