Report: Federal virus aid shortchanged NYC, other epicenters
New York City would have received hundreds of millions more in emergency virus aid if Congress had distributed funding based on need instead of population, the state’s chief fiscal officer said.
New York City and dozens of communities in states including Florida would have received nearly $4 billion more if Congress targeted $27.6 billion in local aid to epicenters of the pandemic, according to Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s report released Wednesday. The report looks at communities that had the highest share of confirmed COVID-19 cases by late August.
The report comes as New York officials keep pushing for another round of pandemic aid despite congressional gridlock.