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A resource page for DOT emergency relief and disaster recovery efforts as states, communities, and transit agencies work to recover from Hurricane Sandy.
From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and deputy comptrollers hear testimony about the city's Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts as Stringer hosts the second hearing of his office's Sandy Oversight Unit; Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn.
Residents along Lake Ontario are awaiting recovery efforts as frustration is starting to set in among those with damaged property.
All nine crew members had helped with hurricane recovery efforts as part of the 198th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the Bucaneros, which flies out of Base Muniz in the northern coastal city of Carolina, according to the Guard's Adjutant General Isabelo Rivera.
All nine crew members had helped with hurricane recovery efforts as part of the 198th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the Bucaneros, which flies out of Base Muniz in the northern coastal city of Carolina, Rivera said.
Thousands of Puerto Ricans are marching to protest pension cuts, school closures and slow hurricane recovery efforts as anger grows across the U.S. territory over looming austerity measures.

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Pro football player J.J. Watt has collected over $ 10 million for recovery efforts, actress Sandra Bullock donated $ 1 million to the Red Cross, and business leader Michael Dell says he's planning a contribution as well.
As the recovery effort picks up its pace and the needs are identified, the financial institution will allocate the rest of this amount plus employee pledges and what the company matches against those pledges.
May 3 - Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc has agreed to sell its Toronto aircraft assembly site to a pension fund as part of efforts to raise extra cash under a five - year recovery plan.
May 3 (Reuters)- Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc has agreed to sell its Toronto aircraft assembly site to a pension fund as part of efforts to raise extra cash under a five - year recovery plan.
Chapter 2 looks at efforts by policymakers to revive weak credit growth, which has been seen by many as a primary reason behind the slow economic recovery.
As part of our efforts to understand the issues of communities in the region, the New York Fed worked with small businesses in areas affected by Superstorm Sandy to comprehend the storm's impact and firms» progress with recovery efforts.
The press also noted that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) donated C$ 500,000 as relief aid to earthquake survivors in central Taiwan and that Canada sent a team of civil engineers with expertise in building in earthquake zones, a medical team and others to assist in the recovery effort.
However, the effects could actually become slightly bullish over time as the recovery efforts pick up, and intriguingly, there is «potential for some sustained US onshore production curtailments.»
In addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanes.
As a major partner in the local recovery effort, Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County reached out to the people on that list and has begun working with families interested in becoming future homeowners.
Goldman Sachs says the refining recovery effort in Texas / Louisiana is taking longer than expected, and as of September 11, when it issued its report, the investment bank estimates refinery outages still stand at about 2.24 million barrels per day.
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While this could be due to evacuees prior to the storm, or from manpower being siphoned toward the recovery efforts, it sounds as though Puerto Rico's hobbling economy is on course for another setback.
Despite this, investors were confident that the damage would be limited to this slight dip, as the quake caused little physical damage that would heavily impact recovery efforts.
I appreciate too the exemplary efforts of emergency workers, government officials, clean - up crews and the thousands of volunteers in dozens of communities who have done so much to get the recovery under way as quickly as possible.
Rt Revd Robert Freeman was speaking as recovery efforts continue there and in Northern Ireland after the severe rain from Storm Desmond.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is only part of a large team that continues to bring resources to as - sist a community in its response and recovery efforts.
He directs it chiefly at medical specialists who look upon disease and death as enemies to be conquered and who carry attempts to overcome them to the point of giving the patient false hopes of recovery, disregarding his suffering in futile efforts to score a medical triumph.
As would be expected and hoped, there have been a variety of serious efforts to meet the problems that beset the pulpit and to bring about recovery of power of preaching.
Regina joined as the Executive Director in 2015 and is responsible for setting the vision, strategy and fundraising efforts for Food Recovery Network.
«It's critical the government renews its efforts to secure a balanced recovery, using investment and trade as its building blocks.»
Meanwhile FEMA Adminstrator Brock Long named Justo Hernández as the Federal Coordinating Officer to lead the recovery effort for Hurricane Irma in the affected areas.
The administration, as you know, has obligated more than $ 1.5 billion to support response and recovery efforts, which includes more than $ 600 million now, already approved in direct assistance to hundreds of thousands of individuals impacted by the storm.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today signed legislation to expand unlimited sick leave benefits for public sector officers and employees who developed a qualifying health condition as a result of their heroic response to 9/11 rescue, recovery, and clean - up efforts at World Trade Center sites.
She described Cuomo as «a reasonable person to work with» and lauded him for a serious effort at keeping to a 2 % annual limit in state spending increases and for his efforts at assisting her district's recovery from Hurricane Sandy.
Although the program continued to drift in the early months of the de Blasio administration, it has markedly accelerated its efforts since the late March hiring of Amy Peterson as Director of the Office of Housing Recovery.
A damaging row over grammar schools policy, unease among the grassroots about the leadership's efforts to introduce more women and ethnic minority parliamentary candidates and Gordon Brown's self - assured performance as Prime Minister in the summer of 2007 imperilled the Tory recovery.
«As a city we must make every effort to facilitate recovery for homewners — not only to rebuild, but to make their improvements to help withstand future weather emergencies,» she said.
«I just want to tell you that right from the beginning this governor was not playing politics,» Trump said as he huddled with local and federal officials on the island for a briefing on recovery efforts.
He added, «We recognize that individual readiness and breaking down language barriers as much as possible prior to an emergency strengthens our entire community's response and recovery efforts
Among the question topics are transportation infrastructure, Governor Cuomo's lack of appearances in Rockaway, what he would do differently concerning the state's Sandy recovery efforts and whether he views Governor Cuomo's heavy use of official events as «abusing the power of his office.»
Cuomo replaced Stack (without, insiders said, even the courtesy of a «heads - up» phone call) as head of the Nassau Interim Finance Agency with Jon Kaiman, who starts working for Cuomo as a paid staffer Monday, overseeing the ongoing, hugely expensive Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts — spending for which is subject to review by NIFA.
«First we are the course of a radical economy recovery and growth effort that has as its core the implementation of a comprehensive diversification of the Nigerian economy.
The laon fund comes the same day as Unshackle Upstate calls for the governor to use design - build to aid the recovery effort for some infrastructure, which essentially would mean a suspension of the Wicks Law.
Trump had asked Congress for 7.9 billion dollars as an initial payment to help with recovery efforts following the flooding in both Texas and Louisiana.
The Council Finance Committee chairman cited Superstorm Sandy as a factor in his decision, noting parts of his district (which includes Bensonhurst, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Gravesend, and Sea Gate) were impacted and require «renewed focus and energy towards the recovery and rebuilding efforts
Staten Island City Councilmen Vincent Ignizio and James Oddo took a trip to New Orleans in late January to try to learn from the city's recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina, and said they were shocked to learn about some of the problems homeowners faced as they tried to raise their homes on pillars to prevent damage from future floods.
The Workforce Investment Board of Herkimer, Madison and Oneida Counties is surveying local employers throughout the region as part of its effort to secure federal Recovery Act funding that can train area residents for green jobs.
In our conversations, we discuss a still - unfolding potential hospital crisis, recovery efforts by the Queens Library for it's heavily damaged Rockaway branches and one elected official's personal experience as the water rose on the night Sandy hit.
«As a member of the Legislature, Senator Flanagan has been a champion and important partner with us on bipartisan efforts to enact comprehensive legislation around substance use prevention, treatment and recovery,» said Baker.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation to expand unlimited sick leave benefits for public sector officers and employees who developed a qualifying health condition as a result of their heroic response to 9/11 rescue, recovery, and clean - up efforts at World Trade Center sites.
Trump's tale about why he took $ 150,000 in 9/11 money is as tall as the Downtown skyscraper he says he used in recovery efforts, according to government records.
He noted how everyone had pulled together to face the onslaught of Tropical Storm Irene two years ago, and worked on local recovery efforts together, as well.
Of the $ 200 worth of gas he charged on Nov. 2, 2012, «Galante incurred those charges filling both [his] Nissan as well as gas cans used by the library during its recovery efforts in the Rockaways, as there was a gas shortage in New York,» his suit says.
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