President Declares Disaster for New York
Release date: July 12,
2013
Release Number: HQ-13-075
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's
Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been
made available to the State of New York to supplement state and local recovery
efforts in the area affected by severe storms and flooding during the period of
June 28 to July 4, 2013.
The President's action makes federal funding available to state
and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a
cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of
facilities damaged by the severe storms and flooding in Allegany, Chenango,
Cortland, Delaware, Franklin, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida,
Otsego, and Warren counties.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for
hazard mitigation measures statewide.
Regis Leo Phelan has been named as the Federal Coordinating
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