Sentences with phrase «seeking federal disaster»

For area residents and business which suffered damage from the November Lake Effect snow storm that dumped several feet of snow on parts of Western New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo is seeking a federal disaster declaration.

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.

Cuomo has said he will seek federal disaster assistance for communities along Lake Ontario affected by recent floods.

Not exact matches

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is heading to Washington, D.C. today to lobby for the $ 42 billion in federal disaster aid he's seeking to help the state recover from Sandy and prepare for future storms.

Albany - New York will seek $ 32 billion in federal disaster aid from Congress for superstorm Sandy — including $ 6.6 billion for Nassau County and nearly $ 1.8 billion for Suffolk County — officials said Monday.

Morath's decision followed a Dec. 11 letter from Gov. Greg Abbott urging Morath to seek a federal accountability waiver and to relax the STAAR requirements for fifth - and eighth - graders in the 47 counties declared federal disaster areas following Hurricane Harvey's landfall in late August.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has established a toll free hotline at 1-877-831-2250 for anyone seeking inquiries pertaining to FMCSA Regulations during a declared disaster.

At the urging of the humane community, Congress also enacted legislation to require states seeking Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance to accommodate pets and service animals in their emergency evacuation plans when major disasters occur.

New FEMA rules require that any state seeking disaster preparedness funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency must first assess how climate change threatens their communities.

FirstEnergy has sought several forms of federal emergency bailouts for its struggling power plant fleet, including a failed push by the Trump administration to classify them as critical to grid reliability, and a demand to keep them open using emergency powers created for times of war and natural disaster.

The Coalition seeks to bring together resources from all parts of the legal community (law school faculty, students, and practicing lawyers), as well as non-lawyers, to facilitate the fair distribution of federal, state, and private disaster relief to New Orleanians (wherever they may be) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.