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The 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks comes as New York City is trying to emerge from a newer crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 10 -
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center predict a 60% chance of an above-normal season.
June 2 -
The report found that the White House Office of Management and Budget played a key role in prodding HUD to add additional requirements for Puerto Rico to access the disaster aid.
April 28 -
The office designs and implements a plan that coordinates statewide resilience and disaster recovery efforts.
March 10 -
Gov. John Bel Edwards wrote to President Joe Biden requesting additional federal funding for communities hard hit by three hurricanes in 2020.
January 27 -
The White House has shortened the enhanced Medicaid formula funding to two years from a proposed four years and continues to stall on publication of a Federal Register notice about the availability of the disaster aid.
December 18 -
The $10.2 billion is designated for long-term mitigation work to prevent a future recurrence of the damage and to make electrical grid improvements that will withstand future storms.
December 5 -
The commonwealth overall has been allocated $42.3 billion in disaster aid since Hurricanes Maria and Irma struck the island, not counting the new funding approved by Congress.
June 4 -
The disaster-aid measure was delayed for about six months amid Trump’s objections to additional aid for Puerto Rico.
June 4 -
The House Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a May 2 hearing to examine the successes and failures of PROMESA.
March 28