NYC Offers New Resources to Help Victims of Storm Ida – Telemundo New York (47)

What you should know

• New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday introduced a series of direct financial assistance measures for New Yorkers hardest hit by Storm Ida.
• Among those cash debit cards of up to $ 500 that are given to victims through the Red Cross and an executive order that protects people from paying costs related to city repair or construction permit fees.
• New York City is also expanding hotel emergency shelter service and free water pumping service to continue helping affected New Yorkers.

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NEW YORK – The Mayor of New York City signed an executive order Tuesday during his press conference allowing New Yorkers and small businesses facing repair costs from the flooding of Storm Ida to do so without having to pay fees. of city permits. In other words, the order allows these building or repair permit fees to waive.

This measure goes into effect immediately.

On the other hand, the City of New York is also expanding the emergency shelter service in hotels for the victims regardless of their immigration status and the free water pumping service to continue helping affected New Yorkers.

The mayor also noted that the Big Apple works with the Red Cross to give cash debit cards of up to $ 500 to storm victims to help offset other costs and will also provide rent assistance through Met Council.

President Biden, who will visit Queens on Tuesday to tour the areas affected by the storm, approved on Sunday Declaration of Major Disaster for various counties in New York: El Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) y Westchester.

Mayor Bill de Blasio recalled that this means storm-affected residents and business owners in these counties can apply for a number of federal grants, loans and programs through FEMA and I encourage them to apply for the assistance. He said that FEMA will give up to $ 36,000 to those affected and explained that this money will not be a loan, but a direct relief in cash, which the beneficiary will not have to pay.

To help with the application, New York City staff will come to the homes to publicize the relief and help with the process.

See here how to apply for help if you live in these counties.

Ida was the fifth most powerful storm to hit the US when it made landfall in Louisiana on August 29.

For information on other resources in the tri-state area visit our Resource Guide for the Tri-State Area After Ida’s Catastrophic Passage.

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