Mayor Bloomberg on Sunday urged Congress to solve the shutdown crisis before it starts to really hurt victims of Hurricane Sandy, many of whom are reliant on federal aid to rebuild.
“Because Community Development Block Grants and other types of federal aid require approvals and constant correspondence with federal officials, we have been advised that delays in vital and mandatory tasks are inevitable,” the mayor said in his weekly radio address.
Bloomberg cited Rockaways business owners who will be forced to wait event longer for grants and loans to rebuild. He also warned that as Hurricane season continues, the shutdown is slowing precautions being taken should another storm hit.
“Critical infrastructure projects that rely on federal funding – dunes replenishment and coastal protections to help safeguard millions of New Yorkers – may see additional delays,” Bloomberg said, adding that the second installment of Sandy recovery money has not yet been issued.
“Since the storm, the city has stopped at nothing to help New Yorkers and their communities recover from the greatest natural disaster in our history,” Bloomberg said. “The federal government must bring the same urgency to this task.
Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio also called on House Republicans to come to a resolution soon.
“The Republicans in the House, if they want to live up to the phrase ‘patriotic’ should settle this problem now so that people in this country who suffered from that disaster (Sandy) don’t suffer now,” de Blaio said outside a church in Bed-Stuy Sunday.
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