Here’s the latest update from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office on folks across the state without power. About 80 percent have seen their power restored since Tropical Storm Irene hit on Sunday, though 287,304 are still waiting for service. Courtesy of Cuomo’s office: Total customers without power (statewide): 287,304 (80% restored… Read More →
Appearing at a press conference today with federal officials in Greene County, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tropical Storm Irene caused close to $1 billion, his administration’s first cost estimate since the storm hit Sunday. Flanked by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, Cuomo laid out… Read More →
Freshman Sen. David Carlucci, D-Clarkstown, Rockland County, is calling on the federal government to dole out emergency aid in both Rockland and Orange counties in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene after President Obama declared a federal disaster in New York this morning. Carlucci said that parts of Rockland and… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo this morning will tour flood-ravaged Prattsville, Greene County, with FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano at the site of one of the worst storm-ravaged towns in the state. You can watch the media briefing live below, provided by Gannett’s WGRZ in… Read More →
President Obama declared a federal disaster in some parts of New York as a result of Tropical Storm Irene, making the affected counties available for various types of federal emergency aid. Gov. Andrew Cuomo yesterday had asked Obama to declare a disaster and make 26 counties eligible for both individual… Read More →
A 1,000-plus page draft of a report on the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas has been pushed back because of Tropical Storm Irene, according to a Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman. The report, which DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens said was slated to be released today, will now… Read More →
There are 469,981 customers across the state who don’t have power, down from about one million Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reported this afternoon. These are the totals by utility company and estimated restoration times: —Long Island Power Authority: 240,000; 95 percent of customers expected to have power restored by midnight… Read More →
It’s been another day of touring the portions of the state devastated by Irene for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and today he made the widely expected move of asking President Obama to declare an “expedited major disaster” for a host of New York counties. In a letter to Obama, Cuomo asked… Read More →
Thinking of traveling east of Syracuse on I-90? It might be best to hang tight for a few days. Severe flooding along the Thruway has caused a significant portion of the highway to remain closed on Tuesday, from Syracuse/Chittenango to Schenectady traveling east, and from Schenectady to Herkimer, Onondaga County,... Read More →
As he tours the North Country today to survey the damage left by Tropical Storm Irene, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tapped a new task force—one of his favorite governing tools—to coordinate response and relief efforts as upstate and the New York City suburbs continue to pick up the pieces. The task… Read More →