Hurricane Irene

Culinary Institute Receives Grant To Help Farmers Impacted By Storms

Allison Dunne — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:57:00 +0000

Two New York congressional representatives have announced a grant that will help an acclaimed culinary institute in the Hudson Valley develop a training and workforce development center.

Rural Health Center in NY Rebuilds After Hurricane Irene

Allison Dunne — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:54:49 +0000

In 2011, Hurricane Irene severely damaged a family health facility in a rural area of Ulster County. Nearly two years later, the health center has been rebuilt.

When the doctors at Maverick Family Health of Woodstock opened a new clinic - Maverick West - on Route 28 in Boiceville in February 2011, they did so as part of a mission to make quality medical care available to all reaches of rural Ulster County. Maverick Family Health Center co-director Dr. Randy Rissman says Hurricane Irene had other plans.

Maloney pushes dam safety legislation

Hank Gross — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:06:39 +0000

NEWBURGH – There are 400 dams in New York State that are classified as high-hazard and 100 of them are in Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney’s 18th District in Putnam, Westchester, Orange and Dutchess counties.

The freshman Democrat announced on Wednesday that he would introduce legislation next week to provide a new national dam safety program; the previous one expired in 2011.

DEP & Public Officials Tour Gilboa Dam Reconstruction

Dave Lucas — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:11:51 +0000

New York City Department of Environmental Protection officials opened the Gilboa Dam site to government leaders, the media and the public Tuesday to get a firsthand look at reconstruction.

NY Governor Submits Plan for Federal Sandy Aid

Allison Dunne — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:07:08 +0000

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has a plan to allocate $1.7 billion in federal aid for disaster-recovery programs. The aid is intended for New Yorkers devastated by Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Irene, and Tropical Storm Lee.

Prattsville Flood Recovery: A Progress Report

Dave Lucas — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:16:07 +0000

Most Catskill Mountain communities have recovered from the damage wrought by twin storms Irene and Lee nearly two years ago. Things are not quite back to normal for hard-hit Prattsville — the town that, for a time, became a poster child for hurricane destruction in New York.

First Post-Irene Plan Set in Flood Ravaged Vermont Town

Pat Bradley — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:30:00 +0000

The federal government is going to contribute $950,000 as part of a plan to build 27 units of affordable housing in a Vermont state office building in Waterbury made unusable by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.

Governor Peter Shumlin and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy on Friday announced the grant for the $6 million project on the building that fronts on Main Street.

Flood buyouts for 646 upstate New York properties

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:30:17 +0000

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With New York officials now proposing to spend $400 million to buy and demolish downstate homes damaged by October's Superstorm Sandy, they say 646 buyout applications have been federally approved for $55 million in a buyout program for upstate properties damaged in 2011 by the back-to-back storms Irene and Lee.

Conn. Task Force Recommends Changes in Shoreline Zoning Laws

Lucas Willard — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:41:43 +0000

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut task force recommends that local zoning laws reflect changes in rising sea levels and new flood elevations after two storms devastated the state's shoreline.

The legislative report released Monday recommends that municipalities and the state consider the impact of rising sea levels when deciding whether to build or issuing public health permits for sewage disposal.

Vermont Gets Grant to Better Use Online Resources

Pat Bradley — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:45:00 +0000

The state of Vermont is getting a $1.8 million federal grant to help businesses, farms, towns and nonprofit groups use online resources to help respond to disasters such as the flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.