For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 4, 2002
President Directs Federal Aid to New York for Winter Storm
Statement by the Press Secretary
The President declared a major disaster exists in the State of New
York and ordered Federal aid to supplement state
and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm
on December 24-29, 2001.
The President's action makes Federal funding available to local
governments in Erie County.
Federal funding is
available to eligible local governments on a
cost-sharing basis for the repair or replacement
of public facilities damaged by the severe winter
storm. Federal funding is also available on a cost share
basis for hazard mitigation measures.
Joe M. Allbaugh, Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), named Peter J.
Martinasco as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery
operations in the affected area.
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