Aid from FEMA, state agencies underway in aftermath of storm
Emergency declaration put wheels in motion
When Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced that President Joe Biden has approved an emergency disaster declaration for New York after the devastation caused by Tropical Depression Ida, many Brooklynites and other New Yorkers wondered what such a declaration meant.
Brooklyn (Kings County) is one of the counties covered by the declaration, as well as Bronx, Dutchess, Nassau, New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester.
Under an emergency declaration, up to $5 million in immediate federal funding is made available to impacted counties to support ongoing response and rescue operations prior to issuance of a traditional Major Disaster Declaration.