Governor Kathy Hochul announced last year plans to assist New Yorkers impacted by deadly storm Ida. But needs to also be approved by the Assembly and signed into law by the Governor.Īssembly Bill A 7748, introduced by Assemblymember MaryJane Shimsky, but which didn’t make it to vote in this season’s last special session, is referred to as the “climate change property tax assessment relief act” and would mean our town assessor in the face of “force of nature” events could apply property tax relief to certain eligible properties most severely affected. The legislation was approved by the Senate. “If the legislation is approved in Albany it will provide the Hanson family with some good news and valuable help,” said Supervisor Paul Feiner. In Albany, legislation that might have provided some relief to this and other families was unfortunately not approved recently in the Assembly, but we are hopeful that the effort to get this flood relief bill through will begin again in January. Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to help victims of Ida but the roll out of funding has been delayed until August. They ask for relief on their property taxes in the house they can’t even live in, for one thing, along with substantial aid to rebuild. They lost their home and all their possessions two years ago when the Manhattan Brook flooded and they have struggled with holding extra jobs to upkeep both a mortgage and a rental ever since. In the Fairview neighborhood, there’s the young family of Kimona Hanson-Amoah, her three beautiful children and husband, who also haven’t been to back to their Florence Avenue residence in years. We still haven't received a final answer whether funding will be awarded. We applied for a grant from FEMA but the process has taken a long time. Several of these homeowners have not been able to inhabit their homes since. In 2022 the town applied for, and awaits news on, FEMA funding to raise a handful houses in the Babbitt Court neighborhood along the Saw Mill River Road. And there’s always the threat of the next bad storm. For some, the severe storm of August 2021 that caused flooding significant enough in our county for it to be declared a FEMA disaster zone, continues and is felt daily. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE WAY WE HELP VICTIMS OF HURRICANESįor most of us Hurricane Ida was an annoyance we recovered from, and forgot, long ago. The Fight for Legislation to Assist Flood Victims Continues -ALMOST TWO YEARS AFTER HURRICANE IDA GREENBURGH FLOOD VICTIMS STILL ARE HOMELESS AND THEIR HOMES HAVE NOT YET BEEN REBUILT
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