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President Declares Emergency Federal Aid For New York
By Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Oct 16, 2006, 06:27

President Declares Emergency Federal Aid For New York

Release Date: October 15, 2006
Release Number: HQ-06-147

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WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal aid to has been made available to supplement state and local response efforts in the area struck by a lake effect snowstorm on October 12, 2006, and continuing.

FEMA Director David Paulison said federal funding is available to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the counties of Erie, Genesee, Orleans, and Niagara.

Paulison said that FEMA has been specifically authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Debris removal and emergency protective measures will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding.

Paulison named Marianne C. Jackson as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area.