FEMA has approved nearly $117 million for disaster recovery and resilience work in New York and New Jersey, including road, dam, flood-control and emergency-power projects.
The package includes $95 million through Public Assistance, more than $17 million through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and $5.1 million through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.
New York projects span roads, dams and erosion control
More than $2 million in Public Assistance will support permanent repairs to Deerlick Road in the Delaware County town of Andes after damage from the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby.
New York will receive $10.8 million in hazard-mitigation funding to stabilize and reinforce an embankment along Moodna Creek in Orange County. The project is intended to prevent erosion and improve drainage.
Another New York award of more than $3.7 million will stabilize and improve the Burden Lake Dam system, reduce downstream flood risk along Wynantskill Creek and help reopen County Road 51 for emergency access.
The package also includes nearly $56 million for the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation to restore dry docks, pump motors and electrical and mechanical systems damaged by Hurricane Sandy, and more than $3.4 million for New York City emergency protective measures after the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
New Jersey funding covers dike and utility work
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will receive nearly $4.9 million for permanent repairs to the Heislerville Dike after Tropical Storm Isaias.
More than $923,000 will support New Jersey's Blue Acres program, including property acquisitions, elevations, mitigation reconstruction and floodproofing projects.
BRIC funding includes more than $3.8 million for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to upgrade emergency-generator capacity and power distribution at the Holland Tunnel. More than $285,000 will help the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority study and design an upstream relocation of its Metedeconk River raw-water intake.
Nearly $499,000 will go to the New York City Department of Buildings to develop recommended code amendments addressing stormwater flood risk and flood-resistant construction.
FEMA said the programs reimburse recovery costs and support projects intended to prevent or reduce future disaster damage. The agency coordinates mitigation work directly with state officials as local projects move toward implementation.
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