Sentences with phrase «storm response»

The results of that assessment validated state and county expenditures on storm response and recovery.

Democratic Assemblyman Tom Abinanti of Westchester is calling for storm response hearings in his chamber.

The New York National Guard, which has assisted with other storm responses in Texas and Florida in recent weeks, is on standby and will go to the island as well.

«By all accounts, the collective storm response was not anywhere near up to the standards New Yorkers are accustomed to,» City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said yesterday.

As for coordinating storm response, Aubertine said the Cuomo administration is trying to sort out which agency covers specific Irene - related problems.

(Cuomo has convened two other Moreland panels, in 2011 when he designated his state Inspector General Ellen Biben to investigate practices and procedures at a Nassau County crime lab and a 2012 investigation into storm response by Long Island utilities.)

Oh sure, he might be able to mount targeted Moreland - powered probes similar to one he had earlier launched against the lackluster storm response by power utilities.

LG Kathy Hochul is sticking close to home in Western New York to monitor storm response from the Buffalo Division Operations Center in Cheektowaga.

He's in New York City with no public schedule so far, though expect storm response updates throughout the day.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, who's running for reelection this fall and knows storm response can make or break an incumbent, was put on the defensive for being over preprepared for the storm.

The City of Buffalo's storm response continues in south Buffalo and Kasiertown.

A New York state Senate hearing on storm response and preparedness is set for next week.

«By all accounts, the collective storm response was not anywhere near up to the standards New Yorkers are accustomed to,» said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a usually reliable Bloomberg friend.

Brown said the city is working closely with other municipalities and the business community and said his office would be communicating with Erie County, the Thruway Authority and the state DOT to help coordinate storm response.

State Director of Operations Howard Glaser, who has been Cuomo's point man for storm response, told me in an interview today that communication between local and state officials needs to be better.

Politicians like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo emphasized the need to rebuild better from Sandy, to ensure that the billions that would go into storm response would also flow to the sorts of global warming adaptation initiatives that would climate - proof cities.

FEMA said it readied over 4.6 million meals, more than 5.1 million liters of water, and 15,000 federal staff members for the storm response.

The GPS enhancements will allow for real - time monitoring during plowing operations, including route tracking, air and pavement temperature and deicing material application rates for each truck engaged in storm response.

Murphy, who also chairs the New York State Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations, said that next week a hearing with members of the public, lawmakers, and officials from Con Edison and NYSEG will convene to discuss the storm response.

That hearing will focus specifically on the Long Island Power Authority and National Grid's storm response.

Meetings are being held today in Schoharie, Delhi, Lake George, Middleburgh and Hague to help local officials and residents coordinate the storm response.

At 9 a.m., Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and local officials will hold a storm response news conference and remind local residents about the snow emergency that's scheduled to go into effect at 8 p.m. tonight, City Hall, 24 Eagle St., Albany.

Senate Investigations Committee Chairman Carl Marcellino (R - Nassau County) also announced plans to look into LIPA's «fatally flawed» storm response.

On March 6, ahead of the second storm and four days after the first storm, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the Public Service Commission to conduct a review of utilities» infrastructure and storm response.

How much better a job New Yorkers should expect is a fair question, and de Blasio both broadly promised to «do better» and to report in detail on the shortcomings of the city's storm response.

State Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther and Sullivan County Legislature Chairman Scott Samuelson want to sit down with top officials of the utilities that serve the region to discuss the preparedness of their companies on storm response.

That said, by all accounts, the collective storm response was not anywhere near up to the standards New Yorkers are accustomed to.

Calone said Throne - Holst has «wildly exaggerated» his role in storm preparedness, saying that as a board member he had no management responsibilities for storm response.

WHITE PLAINS — Local county, state, and federal authorities are working on a storm response survey after multiple nor» easters in New York prevented utility companies from providing power to residents in Westchester County.

Post-Katrina hurricane and storm responses have come a long way and have influenced how pets and pet owners are treated in a disaster.

We feel compelled to note that even a «moderate» warming of 2 °C stands a strong chance of provoking drought and storm responses that could challenge civilized society, leading potentially to the conflict and suffering that go with failed states and mass migrations.

In New York, the storm response has been more routine.

The Real Climate scientist bloggers strongly articulate that cautionary view: «We feel compelled to note that even a «moderate» warming of 2 degrees C stands a strong chance of provoking drought and storm responses that could challenge civilized society, leading potentially to the conflict and suffering that go with failed states and mass migrations.»