NEW YORK STATE – This past holiday weekend, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D - NY) and U.S. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R - New Hartford) were both quick to call on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to aid central-New Yorkers impacted by a recent string of severe thunderstorms and flash flooding.

“This past weekend, residents across central New York and the Mohawk Valley were ravaged by severe thunderstorms and flooding, and it is absolutely crucial that we get them the resources they need to recover,” said Senator Schumer in a press release. “I’m putting FEMA on notice now to be ready to support any requests for federal assistance so that communities have the resources they need to recover and rebuild.”

Additionally, Schumer attached the letter he reportedly penned to FEMA Administrator Brock Long where he further stated, "I write in strong support of communities across central New York that were impacted by this weekend’s severe storm and flooding. Officials are in the process of cleaning up and assessing the damage, and should that damage meet a level where New York State requests a major disaster declaration, I urge you to swiftly implement the federal programs activated by the President’s approval of that request."