FEMA
The Security Secretary told reporters earlier this week that FEMA can meet immediate needs but doesn’t have enough money to make it through the hurricane season. Last week Hurricane Helene hit the Southeast part of the country killing 160 people. Hurricane season runs between June 1st through November 30th. Mayorkas says FEMA doesn’t have funding to […]
Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer visited Wayne County to announce an effort to protect lakeshore communities from flood damage. According to Schumer, he’s secured $500 million to fund disaster recovery projects, as part of President Biden’s infrastructure bill passed last year. Regardless of the funding, FEMA has yet to release the funding to states to allow […]
It’s official the state-run vaccination site at the former Kodak Hawkeye plant on St. Paul Street has closed. The mass vaccination site was one of the several FEMA ran sites in New York State. New York State partnered with FEMA to get Black and Brown people in underserved communities access to vaccinations. The Dome Arena […]
There will be a mass vaccination site coming in the next few weeks in Rochester. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday there will be multiple pop-up sites across the state. There will also be four mass vaccination sites that will be run jointly with FEMA next month across the state. There will be a location in […]
The President signed an executive order to extend an extra $300 payment for those who have been affected by COVID-19. If you lost employment due to COVID-19 in New York State you could be receiving the extra $300. The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved New York for the Lost Wages Supplemental Payment on Sunday. So, […]
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