Delaware
Governer Kathy Hocul announces emergency assistance to Delaware county
CANISTEO (WBNG) — On Aug. 11, Governor Kathy Hochul announced emergency assistance to support homeowners hit by the remains of Hurricane Debby.
Delaware County is one of the five counties across the state that will be eligible for grants of up to $50,000 to help pay for expenses that are not covered by homeowner’s insurance.
During her news conference in Canisteo today, the governor made it a point that her teams will be visiting damaged areas to make sure people can get insurance and the financial support they need.
”This is something where my teams will be on the ground to help people file for insurance,” Governor Kathy Hochul said. “If they are denied, I want complaints filed with the Department of Financial Services, to find out why they are denying them. But the question of getting insurance, overall, is an important one, and I know it’s more difficult in flood areas.”
As of this evening, 490 residents in Delaware County are still without power after damaging storms caused outages across the county Friday.
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