Governor Cuomo Announces $7 Million in Federal Funding Available For Hazard Mitigation and Resiliency Projects
Governor
"With extreme weather the new reality, it is critical that we build our communities stronger and smarter to withstand these more frequent and powerful storms,"
Preference will be given to proposals that are in the counties declared for the severe winter storm and snowstorm of
These counties include:
Preference will also be given to projects that:
* Realize permanent flood mitigation solutions (e.g., removing homes from a floodplain), and/or significantly reduce a property's risk from flooding, or alternatives that provide benefits like property acquisition and elevation projects);
* Provide a comprehensive approach to floodplain management by addressing flooding at the neighborhood or street level instead of developing isolated or patchwork solutions;
* Support mitigation at critical facilities before non-critical facilities, Severe/Repetitive Loss and substantial-damage properties before others, National Flood Insurance Program-insured properties before uninsured properties, primary residences before secondary homes, residences before income-producing properties; properties in the 100-year floodplain before others; projects that mitigate the largest number of NFIP-insured properties; and
* Achieve or reinforce a community's long-range resiliency goals as identified in plans assisted by the NYS Departments of State and Environmental Conservation, the
"Federal assistance to rebuild communities after a disaster is vital to build back stronger and smarter," said
After a Presidential disaster declaration,
Through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program,
Application instructions can be found here.( http://www.dhses.ny.gov/recovery/mitigation/FY-2018-HMP.cfm)
All applications must be submitted by
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