Chenango wants individual aid
NORWICH – Local emergency management officials are quickly pulling together a case for convincing federal emergency management teams of the need for individual assistance for damages related to Nov. 16th’s flash flooding.
Chenango was one of eight counties that were declared eligible for aid last week. The region had still been cleaning up from the flood in June, for which it also became eligible for federal disaster assistance.
But unlike before, federal aid did not come in a second time for individual losses. Chenango County Board of Supervisors Chairman Richard E. Decker said he received a call from Sen. Charles Schumer’s office almost immediately after the announcement Dec. 12, saying he had requested that FEMA revisit the area and declare aid for individuals and small businesses.
“His office said they were pressing FEMA to do it,” Decker said. “They thought it was a very good chance that it would happen.” Chenango County has joined Broome County and the state of New York in appealing the declaration.
A new FEMA assessment team is scheduled on Wednesday to revisit residences and tour small businesses in Chenango County that were damaged last month. Emergency Management Officer Matt Beckwith said he has a list for them, but encourages anyone who suffered losses to call the Emergency Management Operations Center in Norwich at 334-3728.
“The more I can show them, the more I can enforce the fact that we need individual assistance,” he said. Callers should leave their names, addresses, phone numbers and a brief description of damages.
Last week’s declaration will help municipalities apply for funding to recover losses from roadway and bridge repair work. Public assistance for municipalities is approaching the $11 million mark for infrastructure damages following the flood in June. Individual assistance is holding at $3.8 million.
Beckwith said an original estimate for public assistance needed this summer was $2 million. “Costs keep going up. This thing blossoms quickly,” he said. He currently estimates $2 million in public assistance needed for the county this time. “But that is only our best guess estimate,” he said.
Beckwith’s team visited 37 residences last month. Among them, 16 units in an 18 unit apartment house in New Berlin were damaged from the nearly four inches of rain. Individuals there were evacuated from their windowsills, he said. Another individual living in Sherburne was forced to make $10,000 worth of repairs to maintain his residence.
Chenango was one of eight counties that were declared eligible for aid last week. The region had still been cleaning up from the flood in June, for which it also became eligible for federal disaster assistance.
But unlike before, federal aid did not come in a second time for individual losses. Chenango County Board of Supervisors Chairman Richard E. Decker said he received a call from Sen. Charles Schumer’s office almost immediately after the announcement Dec. 12, saying he had requested that FEMA revisit the area and declare aid for individuals and small businesses.
“His office said they were pressing FEMA to do it,” Decker said. “They thought it was a very good chance that it would happen.” Chenango County has joined Broome County and the state of New York in appealing the declaration.
A new FEMA assessment team is scheduled on Wednesday to revisit residences and tour small businesses in Chenango County that were damaged last month. Emergency Management Officer Matt Beckwith said he has a list for them, but encourages anyone who suffered losses to call the Emergency Management Operations Center in Norwich at 334-3728.
“The more I can show them, the more I can enforce the fact that we need individual assistance,” he said. Callers should leave their names, addresses, phone numbers and a brief description of damages.
Last week’s declaration will help municipalities apply for funding to recover losses from roadway and bridge repair work. Public assistance for municipalities is approaching the $11 million mark for infrastructure damages following the flood in June. Individual assistance is holding at $3.8 million.
Beckwith said an original estimate for public assistance needed this summer was $2 million. “Costs keep going up. This thing blossoms quickly,” he said. He currently estimates $2 million in public assistance needed for the county this time. “But that is only our best guess estimate,” he said.
Beckwith’s team visited 37 residences last month. Among them, 16 units in an 18 unit apartment house in New Berlin were damaged from the nearly four inches of rain. Individuals there were evacuated from their windowsills, he said. Another individual living in Sherburne was forced to make $10,000 worth of repairs to maintain his residence.
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