Monday, September 20, 2021

Ida flood homeowner victims and basement tenants got shafted by Biden


 

 Gothamist

 President Joe Biden and a contingent of federal, state, and local officials toured flood-ravaged sections of Queens earlier this month in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ida, promising speedy relief to homeowners and renters. Impacted residents were told about the $32,000 maximum payout they could expect to receive to help them recover.

But two weeks later, many are realizing it's far less simple than they were promised.

Officials are now telling residents that funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency aren’t intended to cover all of the damage caused by Ida. Instead many residents are being directed to apply for low-interest loans they’ll eventually have to repay through the U.S. Small Business Administration to defray any costs FEMA won’t cover.

“What the f--k?” said Erika Kasouto, 41, when she was told to apply for a federal loan in one of several calls to FEMA agents. The Woodside home she lives in with her parents took in five feet of water on the ground level. “It’s ridiculous. It’s disheartening.”

Despite assurances from elected officials in the immediate aftermath of the flooding, FEMA representatives have since tried to clarify on their hotline, through email, and at the city’s disaster service centers set up after Ida that grant funding is only intended to cover the essential costs of someone staying in their damaged home.

Several residents from hard-hit areas like Woodside, East Elmhurst, and Hollis told WNYC/Gothamist about similar correspondence with FEMA. And federal officials confirmed as much, adding that homeowners would likely qualify for the maximum $32,000 payout if their home was destroyed. People can qualify for a loan and still receive a FEMA grant, officials said.

THE CITY

 Two weeks after the remnants of Hurricane Ida tore through the city, killing 13 people, basements across the city are still drying out as many New Yorkers struggle to recover from the punishing storm.

With millions of dollars in federal assistance now unlocked for the city, some households that saw rivers of rain and sewage pour in will have a lifeline to begin repairing and rebuilding.

But that help isn’t for everyone.

Left out of Federal Emergency Management Agency aid are undocumented immigrants — many of whom live in the Queens neighborhoods that were pummeled hardest.

“I’ve lived in this country for four years and this is the first time I’ve lived in a basement. I was looking for affordable housing,” Marlén Romero, a 32-year-old Corona resident, told THE CITY in Spanish.

Her home and belongings were drenched as Ida dumped more than seven inches of rain in an hour on parts of the city, flooding her apartment with about two feet of water.

“I had no idea that living in a basement would be so dangerous,” she said.

A native of Mexico, Romero and her husband are both undocumented, which would shut them out of federal disaster assistance. But her family may still qualify for assistance because the couple’s 4-year-old daughter is a U.S. citizen.

“It’s not fair for all of us who are undocumented who don’t have someone ‘legal’ in their households. We live in basements so we can save some money because rent in this city is so expensive. Our income doesn’t stretch that far to get a better home,” she said.

She only learned that there was financial aid available for flooding victims through a local community group, Familias Unidas, when a school social worker mentioned it as her daughter began preschool earlier this week.

 

58 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aid is only available from the government if you are an illegal immigrant. Citizens can go screw themselves.

Anonymous said...

Come on Man said...
Build back better..or so "They" say.

Anonymous said...

Anyone who continues to vote for a Democrat is either evil or ignorant. No other explanation anymore. Most of the Republican politicians are the same. If we don’t find a way to elect people who can fight for Us The People we are done !

Anonymous said...

Cheer-up they said, things could be worse. So I did cheer-up, and LO AND BEHOLD, things got even worse. Thank you DeMoRaTs ! #BLUEANON

Anonymous said...

These people have a delusional hope.

Anonymous said...

What the big difference is heart and care.....the left has no heart and they dont care

Anonymous said...

Low interest loans?

WTF, now the Xiden crew is trying to cash in on misery and damage?

Anonymous said...

The nine most terrifying words in the English launguage are, "I"m from the Government and I'm here to help." President Ronald Reagan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCedOQJ0ZEA&ab_channel=DistilleryTrail

Anonymous said...

help is on his way- joe biden 2020 said...
I can't believe Americans have turned from being a hard working citizens helping others into a good for do nothings who wants free help, So disgusting.

Anonymous said...

@"Anonymous said...

Aid is only available from the government if you are an illegal immigrant. Citizens can go screw themselves."
I thought they were illegal immigrants?

Pinky said...

Illegals get 15 k a piece while Americans are screwed as usual! Over 100 on the terror watch list were flown to America while Americans are left in Afghanistan. So to expect something else from this regime would be unrealistic. They hate Americans and America.

Anonymous said...

You are always getting stiffed by all politicians all the time.

Anonymous said...

Meanwhile Xiden managed to unite everybody against his vaccine mandate.
Wonder why CNN of FauxNews does not report on the NYC protests.
Anyway, here are the videos.

https://newspunch.com/we-are-not-slaves-thousands-rise-up-against-new-world-order-in-nyc/

Anonymous said...

Just thinking critically here...don't be mean!

What if first we separated out the legal homes from the illegal basement apartments. So we are focused on the damage only to people's legal homes.

And, what if the flooding was caused by some man-made (HAARP) hurricane by the good guys with additional water pumped in from the sewers to help clean out tunnels that might have been used by the bad guys for nefarious and cruel activities?

Who pays for all the damage then?

Think about it. Did you see so much water for Hurricane Sandy? Did thousands of rats turn up dead on Bronx beaches ever before after a storm?

Do your research! Organize! And get a really good, patriotic lawyer.
Will it be easy? Hell No. But it will be the most rewarding thing you have ever done.

Maybe that's what the actor is quietly suggesting...stop taking it. Fight Back New York.

Anonymous said...

@"Over 100 on the terror watch list were flown to America "
I guess you got that from Infowars or Tucker or some righty disinformation comic book.

Anonymous said...

@"Aid is only available from the government if you are an illegal immigrant."

Where did you read this? Not in the article above for sure. Maybe you can't read.

Anonymous said...

Who is this "Xiden" that some unhinged crackhead keeps referring to?

Anonymous said...

@“ "I"m from the Government and I'm here to help." President Ronald Reagan ”

AKA the man who destroyed the middle class. Mind you, he did defeat communism by just saying “Tear down that wall”. Amazing piece of Hollywood history.
Still in all there seems to be communists everywhere now. Maybe Regan was really a communist spy?

Anonymous said...

@“ Anonymous said...
Just thinking critically here...don't be mean!”

This is critical thinking? You made my evening. I’ve been rolling around laughing.
Thank you.

Anonymous said...

@I guess you got that from Infowars or Tucker or some righty disinformation comic book.

No punkie, he got it from real news, like carrier intelligence agents who spoke out.
Still watching Tom and Jerry punkie?

Anonymous said...

"Who is this "Xiden" that some unhinged crackhead keeps referring to?"

China Joe Xiden - your God.

Anonymous said...

***AKA the man who destroyed the middle class. Mind you, he did defeat communism by just saying “Tear down that wall”. Amazing piece of Hollywood history.***

What page is that in the George Soros manifesto for talking points?


***Still in all there seems to be communists everywhere now. ***

You see even a broken clock is right twice a day.

***Maybe Regan was really a communist spy?***

Doubt it, he hated them with a passion. Which explains your enthusiasm for the commies,

Try his shadow, G.H.W. Bush, the real globalist tool with the New World Agenda, pure coincidence speech was given on September 11, 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byxeOG_pZ1o

Question:

You come here to provoke or to learn?

free stuff for dartblowers said...

Yes... I come to your country against the law; spurt out some anchor babies. Now buy me new furniture, gringo!!

Anonymous said...

Massive Cognitive Dissonance is real ! Prove me wrong...

Anonymous said...

EXCUSE ME!!! WHY THE FUCK SHOULD I PAY FOR YOUR FLOOD DAMAGE???? HAVE A NICE DAY.

Anonymous said...

Now they know what Sandy vics found out. FEMA will pay tenants a few thou towards their stuff. The owner will get some to fix essentials, but not enough to do it all. And, if an owner takes Fema money has to then get flood insurance.

Anonymous said...

@“ free stuff for dartblowers said...
Yes... I come to your country against the law; spurt out some anchor babies. Now buy me new furniture, gringo!!”

I agree totally. That’s how you got to be born in America.

Anonymous said...

@“ What page is that in the George Soros manifesto for talking points?”
Where canI get a copy of this manifesto you speak of?

Anonymous said...

EXCUSE ME!!! WHY THE FUCK SHOULD I PAY FOR YOUR FLOOD DAMAGE???? HAVE A NICE DAY.

YOU PAID FOR AFGHANISTAN FUCKO! AND ALL THE OTHER WARS TOO FUCKO.

Anonymous said...

EXCUSE ME!!! WHY THE FUCK SHOULD I PAY FOR YOUR FLOOD DAMAGE???? HAVE A NICE DAY.

You are paying for nothing. The damage was caused by neglect, lack of urban planning, thanks to the SEWER system. Homeowners pay high taxes for what exactly? They also pay insurance for what exactly?

If you need to reconcile your narrow "why the fuck should I pay" worldview, I suggest
you direct the question at the right people.


"Biden DOUBLES US climate change fund to $11BN a year and commits $10BN to feed poor people across the world as he assures China 'we're not seeking a new Cold War' in major speech to the United Nations"

Anonymous said...

@EXCUSE ME!!! WHY THE F$$K SHOULD I PAY FOR YOUR FLOOD DAMAGE???? HAVE A NICE DAY.

Who is suggesting that you pay for it? Think you need to read that post more carefully and consider the possiblity that the money should come from the bad guys who got rich in a myriad of ways including printing it. A lot of it has been recovered already. Where is it now?

Word has it the bad guys still have a Super PAC in CA holding $25 Trillion. Think that might cover the flood AND fire damage.....all over the US?

Critical Thinking! Creativity! Possessing a set that hang real low and working for it! This country is changing. C'Mon Man!

Anonymous said...

"This country is changing. C'Mon Man!"
Houston we have a problem !
The Left is like an immune disorder. They keep attacking what they perceive to be a disease or a foreign body, oblivious to the fact that they are actually killing the body itself.
I'm being generous with that analogy, since I believe that they really aren't that oblivious.

Anonymous said...

'we're not seeking a new Cold War' in major speech to the United Nations"
And the Moon is full of cheese !

Anonymous said...

"Biden DOUBLES US climate change fund to $11BN a year"
And where is the money coming from ? Answer U.S. Tax payers !!!
Facebook censors The Lancet why ? The truth hurts...

Anonymous said...

Where canI get a copy of this manifesto you speak of?

Hire a secretary who knows who to use a computer. Or ask your comrades.

Anonymous said...

You assholes live in that overcrowded, filthy, vile, cesspool call Queens and when something goes wrong you want the Government to bail you out. Get some balls and move away and stop complaining about things you cannot control. Quality of life left that area 30 years ago, just like I did. Good luck with all that.

Anonymous said...

@“ Biden DOUBLES US climate change fund to $11BN a year"”

Thanks to over privileged car drivers for creating the problem in the first place.

Anonymous said...

@“ You assholes live in that overcrowded, filthy, vile, cesspool call Queens”
Says some Turd who’s so bored living in a wasteland 10 miles from mile marker 354 on interstate 99 to nowhere.

Anonymous said...

@The Left is like an immune disorder. They keep attacking what they perceive to be a disease or a foreign body, oblivious

Well said!

The real virus we know is the TV!
Not easy to part with, but if you realize why you need to get rid of it, makes it a lot easier to wake up to everything else.

Interesting how some people could see television's "programming" intensify over the years, but others just keep feeding off of its teat.
Like addiction.
Some people can handle alcohol others can't, some can handle sugar, some can't stop eating it. It's all designed to be addictive.
Who realizes it and who doesn't?

Anonymous said...

@"Quality of life left that area 30 years ago"
Sadly You are right !

Anonymous said...

Well said.

This goes for some of the activist trying hard on QC...

https://youtu.be/U6GbLd32HsE

Anonymous said...

@AKA the man who destroyed the middle class

The middle class? I was one, did not get destroyed.
This guy on the other hand is destroying this country, the English language and a slew of other things in between.

https://youtu.be/Yh9x-kp-LRo

Funny, too much vaccine maybe?

Anonymous said...

Much of what the FAKE press said about Trump now applies to Biden.

Anonymous said...

@“ Some people can handle alcohol others can't, some can handle sugar, some can't stop eating it. It's all designed to be addictive.”

Seems like you’ve been taking much too much of both + whatever else you get your hands on.

Prove me wrong..,

Anonymous said...

@Thanks to over privileged car drivers for creating the problem in the first place.

Don't worry we can help with your inferiority complex and deprogram stupid Lemon from your head.

Privileged car drivers you say? Oh well, how about the privileged car makers, you know the one like GM that was bailed out in 2008 on taxpayers money?
How about the privileged politicians who love every penny from taxes that come from car owners?

You are misguided.

The climate change "lie" is just a lie. Soon to be introduced privileged PCA (Personal Carbon Tax) for the masses.
Companies all over the world are already forced to use the carbon trading scheme. Including energy providers for the privileged proles who don't want to freeze to death in the winter.

Privileged. That's how masters think of their slaves.
Kind of a few thousand year old system in various modernized forms.
Today is called neo-feudalism.
Learn some history first, then the meaning of the words.
Activism and repeating mindless propaganda makes you look like a fool.
Use your brain, doesn't hurt!

Anonymous said...

@"The climate change "lie" is just a lie"

The only one lying is you. You have your own agenda, but to come out with a statement like that is a complete and barefaced lie. There are very few forms of life on the planet as low as you. In fact there is probably no life-form on the planet as low as you.

Anonymous said...

@Prove me wrong..,

Ask Uncle George to prove you wrong, you do seem to be posting with a hangover, senseless garbage, are u even capable to think on your own?

Anonymous said...

The "Left" has a large dissonance between the data and their feelings.

Anonymous said...

Dummies in dummyland are just Climate Change parrots . "Privileged car drivers" my ass...

Anonymous said...

@The only one lying is you.

No dickie. You are and your handlers are lying to everybody on planet Earth.
I have no agenda since I don't benefit from the carbon trading scam.
Maybe you are confusing pollution with carbon dioxide?
Do you know how air is created on this planet?
Talking about low, you take the cake. Like a clown you are spewing your nonsense about privilege, climate change and other "agendas".
Take your sickle and hammer and take a hike punk.

Here are the lies about climate change:

Global warming alarmists are scrambling to save face after hackers stole hundreds of incriminating e-mails from a British university and published them on the Internet.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2009/11/20/read-all-about-it-climate-depot-exclusive-continuously-updated-climategate-news-round-up/

Same agendas, similar lies about the "virus" all based on computer created models.
MSM and activists like you are spreading disinfo 24x7.

You and your kind are really sick people. You need help desperately.

Anonymous said...

@Prove me wrong..,

Classically you focus on everything, but TV as the virus.

Let me guess.....part of the (DS) MSM/Big Tech who hasn't gotten the memo yet?

Anonymous said...

"The rich need to pay their fair share"
Biden could owe as much as $500K in back taxes, government report indicates !
https://nypost.com/2021/09/23/biden-could-owe-as-much-as-500k-in-irs-taxes-report/

Anonymous said...

I'm just gonna say it now: Sussmann didn't kill himself

Anonymous said...

Someone linked to the DemoRats accused of lying? I'm Clutching my pearls !

Anonymous said...

Didn't deBlasio convey most or a large chunk of Bidons federal funds to the teachers and DOE people ?
These people were fools to think the would ever see any of that money with this bunch of communist crooks in charge of this city.
That's what these sheep voted for and now they have it.
Will this royal shafting "double whammy" make them wake up ?

Anonymous said...

"equal is unfair"
How to break a leftist's brain.
Perfect .

Anonymous said...

@“ I'm just gonna say it now: Sussmann didn't kill himself”
He’s not dead. He’s living in a homeless shelter in Queens Blvd.

Anonymous said...

@“ I'm just gonna say it now: Sussmann didn't kill himself”

the correct term is Arkancide.