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COURIER LIFE, S 14 EPTEMBER 17-23, 2021
Medgar Evers College to
serve as FEMA ‘Disaster
Recovery Center’
Cars navigate a fl ooded highway during Ida. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
BY BEN BRACHFELD
Brooklynites still reeling from the
severe fl ooding brought by Hurricane
Ida can now head to Medgar Evers
College in Crown Heights, where Gov.
Kathy Hochul helped establish a “disaster
recovery center” that will provide
aid and information to devastated
residents.
The CUNY institution will allow
Brooklynites affected by Ida — which
unleashed widespread fl ooding across
the city that killed 13 New Yorkers and
caused millions in property damages
— to apply for “individual assistance”
from FEMA, wherein the federal government
will provide direct fi nancial
support, or aid by other means, to
those affected by extreme weather.
Affected locals can obtain temporary
housing or rental assistance,
funding for repairs to homes or other
property, assistance in moving, health
care, child care, funeral expenses,
and “hazard mitigation assistance” to
make homes more resilient for future
storms — which are becoming more
frequent every year as the effects of
climate change begin to be realized.
“New Yorkers who were impacted
by last week’s devastating fl oods and
storm damage can now receive inperson,
one-on-one assistance with
professionals equipped to assist in
the recovery process,” Hochul said in
a statement. “I thank our partners in
the federal government for working
quickly to establish these necessary
facilities as we continue to get New
Yorkers the help they need.”
The disaster recovery center at
Medgar Evers will be open every day
from 8 am to 7 pm, and will be staffed
with state agency workers.
Medgar Evers’ large space and central
location in Brooklyn mean it’s often
called upon to serve as a hub for
services in the event of emergencies
and disasters. Since February the
school has served as a COVID-19 vaccine
site; at the height of the vaccination
program, the site was providing
thousands of jabs per day.
Disaster recovery centers are also
opening in the Bronx, Queens, Staten
Island, and in Westchester, Nassau
and Suffolk Counties.
Were you affected by Hurricane Ida?
Email your story to Ben Brachfeld at
bbrachfeld@schnepsmedia.com.
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