After Putting Pressure on Administration Earlier This Week, Schumer, Gillibrand Announce That President Trump Approved New York's Request for Major Disaster Declaration
Following a major push to get full and expedited consideration for
"With more and more cases confirmed in
"Approving the Major Disaster Declaration was an essential step in our fight against coronavirus," said
Schumer and Gillibrand explained that the MDD allows for
The Senators' announcement comes after over 7,000 cases were confirmed in
Dear President Trump:
We write in strong support of a Major Disaster Declaration (MDD) for
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 5121-5207 (the Stafford Act) authorizes the President to grant a MDD any natural catastrophe that the President determines has caused damage of sufficient severity and magnitude. While the Stafford Act does focus on kinetic events, like fires or floods, this pandemic outbreak has caused serve damage to the state of
If granted, this MDD should allow
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