Actualizaciones
NUEVA YORK. En 2009, el presidente Obama encomendó a los departamentos de Seguridad Nacional y de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de Estados Unidos la reunión de un grupo de más de 20 departamentos, agencias y oficinas federales para desarrollar una guía para las organizaciones de recuperación de desastres y hacer recomendaciones para mejorar el enfoque de la nación a la recuperación de desastres.
NUEVA YORK – Cuando el huracán Sandy tocó tierra hace un año el 29 de octubre, la marejada y los fuertes vientos sin precedentes devastaron a decenas de miles de neoyorquinos.En medio de apagones generalizados y escombros de la tormenta, los sobrevivientes de Nueva York comenzaron a preguntarse por dónde y cómo comenzar a rehacer sus vidas.
NUEVA YORK - Más de $2.1 miles de millones en ayuda federal han sido aprobados para reembolsar a los gobiernos estatales, locales y tribales por sus esfuerzos de recuperación relacionados con Sandy en Nueva York un año después de la devastadora tormenta.
Información geográfica
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Asistencia Financiera
Individual Assistance - Dollars Approved
Individual Assistance DefinitionsIndividuals & Household Program (IHP): Provides money and services to people in Presidentially declared disaster areas.
Housing Assistance (HA): Provides assistance for disaster-related housing needs.
Other Needs Assistance (ONA): Provides assistance for other disaster-related needs, such as furnishings, transportation, and medical.
| Total Individual Assistance (IA) - Applications Approved: | Total Individual & Households Program - Dollars Approved* | Total Housing Assistance - Dollars Approved* | Total Other Needs Assistance - Dollars Approved* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Amount | 117,664 | $1,012,875,939.76 | $866,857,811.58 | $146,018,128.18 |
Public Assistance - Dollars Approved
Public Assistance DefinitionsPublic Assistance (PA): Disaster grant assistance available for communities to quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies declared by the President
Emergency Work (Categories A-B): Work that must be performed to reduce or eliminate an immediate threat to life, protect public health and safety, and to protect improved property that is significantly threatened due to disasters or emergencies declared by the President
Permanent Work (Categories C-G): Work that is required to restore a damaged facility, through repair or restoration, to its pre-disaster design, function, and capacity in accordance with applicable codes and standards
*Dollars Approved: Assistance dollars approved but not necessarily disbursed.
*Dollars Obligated: Funds made available to the State via electronic transfer following FEMA's final review and approval of Public Assistance projects.
| Total Public Assistance Grants - Dollars Obligated* | Emergency Work (Categories A-B) - Dollars Obligated* | Permanent Work (Categories C-G) - Dollars Obligated* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Amount | $12,845,629,150.41 | $2,454,426,974.47 | $10,371,545,384.05 |