State Attorney General offers guidelines on safely donating to wildfire relief effort

November 15, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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STATEWIDE — NEW YORKERS LOOKING TO SUPPORT RELIEF EFFORTS in the wake of wildfires that have burned around the Northeast are being offered guidance from the Office of New York Attorney General Letitia James. She advises that anyone who receives a solicitation for donations via email, regular mail or phone first determine or double-check who is behind that email address. Contact the charity whose name is in the email or visit its website to find out if the email is really from the charity. The OAG recommends visiting this website to learn which charities are at the aid forefront and then to review their annual reports. Before giving through social media or fundraising sites, research the identity of the fundraising organizer and ask the same questions you would of a charity. Look into newly formed organizations carefully. Ask how the donation will be used.

One reputable hometown non-profit, the Prospect Park Alliance, sustains and manages the world-renowned Brooklyn park, which lost two acres of woodland to wildfires last weekend. The Prospect Park Alliance welcomes contributions to help it recover from the wildfires near the Nethermead and the LeFrak Center, and then to begin reforestation. A brigade of 100 Both fires were brought under control. Up to this point, forest fires were virtually unprecedented in New York City.

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