Schumer said that Albany, Chenango, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties will be eligible to receive federal assistance. This funding is made available on a cost-sharing basis and is to be used to fix or replace public facilities that were damaged by the extreme weather of the past two months. The federal government will pick up 75 percent of the costs of these repairs with the remaining 25 percent paid for by a non-federal source.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures.
FEMA is still conducting damage surveys in other areas, and may provide additional assistance to other damaged counties in New York.