NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
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and public health investigation. The localities will apply to
the State to receive funding. The money
was authorized under the StaElord Act, which allows
FEMA to release assistance to provide for
measures necessary to save lives sad protect public health and safety_
Under the award, FELIA will
be authorized to reimburse local governments for up to 75%
oftheir costs associatedwith emergency
protective measures taken since July 15, 2000.
Counties eligible for funding include Albany, Allegany, Broome,
Canaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung,
Cortland, Delaware, Dutehess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton,
Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer,
Lewis, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga,
Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer,
Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schohahe, Schuyler.
Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk,
Sullivan, TiogA, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Westchester and
Yates, as well as New York City.
"For local governments on a ti ght budget, this year's West Nile
outbreak threatened to break the
bank," said Schumer. "This money is a good first step in softening
the blow."
Schumer has also asked the Senate Apprnpriations Committee to include an
addition[ $30 million
for West Nile relief throughout the Northeast and the Mid
-Atlantic regions in the Committee's
emergency finding package.
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