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FEMA Ask NYC Adult Home Residents To Repay Aid Money

November 9, 2014 By Brian Galloway 2 Comments

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Belle Harbor Manor citizens spent 4 wretched months in emergency shelters after Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters rushed through their living center on New York City’s Rockaway peninsula.

At the moment, the home’s disabled, seniors and mostly poor citizens possess a new nuisance: The FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) has requested some of them to repay 1000’s of dollars in disaster aid.

Recently, Robert Rosenberg, 61, who was one of the Belle Harbor Manor citizens who got notices from FEMA telling them that they retroactively been affirmed disqualified for aid inspections they received 2 yrs ago within the storm’s immediate consequences. The issue, the letters stated, could be that the money was intended to have been allocated to temporary housing, however that never happened since the citizens were moved from one state-funded shelter to another.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency gave Rosenberg until 15th November to mail a reimbursement check for $2,486 or file a petition.

Rosenberg said, “We are on the fixed earnings. I don’t have that money! I am suffering from a spine disability along with other chronic health issues. Long ago, I spent that aid money on food and clothing, both of which were in short supply after the storm.”

Certainly, these demand letters are part of a larger FEMA effort to recuperate huge amount of money in aid obligations that went to barred homes, either due to errors, a misunderstanding of the rules or utter fraud.

FEMA was inspecting 4,500 homes it suspected had received improper aids. In those days, 850 has been requested to return a sum of $5.8 million. Some other cases are still under review, the Associated Press reported in September.

On Tuesday, the Associated Press requested up-to-date figures on the number of storm sufferers who was simply requested to return money, but FEMA did not immediately provide them.

Though, data acquired via a previous public records request demonstrated that by July 30, the company was thinking about a recoupment action against 35 citizens of aided living facilities within the same a part of Queens that’s the home to Belle Harbor Manor. Overall, those citizens had received $108,598, with most of that money projected to cover temporary housing. 5 citizens had also received aid to cover destroyed property.

Right after their hysterical migration, Belle Harbor Manor citizens were initially come to an enormous evacuation center setup in the Brooklyn armory, then spent a short period sleeping four-to-a-room in a hotel inside a crime-affected neighborhood where these were advised not to go outdoors at night.

Afterwards, the state then moved the citizens, a lot of whom are afflicted with mild mental ailments, to some midway house on the grounds of a partly-abandoned psychiatric hospital in Queens, where they bunked on cots and were barred from getting site visitors in their rooms.

Rosenberg told that the FEMA employees who advised him to get assistance during the time when citizens were staying in the armory never described that the money could just be used for housing.

“Everybody asked, ‘Do we need to pay this back afterwards? Is it a loan?’ They said, ‘No. It is a gift from Obama,'” he stated. “If I wasn’t qualified, then why give it to me in the first place? They already knew i was residing in an old home and my shelter was being paid for by the state. It isn’t like I lied on the application.

It wasn’t clear that time how long they would be in the shelter, or where they would go next.

Rafael Lemaitre, FEMA speaker stated that the company was needed legally to extract improper payments, but didn’t directly address the residents’ situation.

He further added, “FEMA remains dedicated to dealing with candidates and making certain they understand the choices open to resolve their debt, including creating a payment, filling a petition, asking for an agreement and creating a repayment plan.”

Other prevalent kinds of FEMA recoupment actions include homes ineligible for help as their damaged properties were vacation houses or rental properties, or families that received extra payments because several household members had requested assistance. FEMA also generally recoups emergency aid payments for damage afterward covered by insurance.

Lawyers at MFY Legal Services, a legitimate aid group which has worked with adult home citizens previously, have provided to help Belle Harbor Manor citizens using their appeals.

MFY attorney Nahid Sorooshyari, “Our stance is that it would be an intolerable financial hardship and injustice, to ask the citizens to pay back the aid money.”

Filed Under: Headlines, US Tagged With: $108, 598, Belle Harbor Manor, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, New York City, NYC Adult home citizens, Queens, repay aid, Robert Rosenberg, Rockaway peninsula, Superstorm Sandy

Suspect Arrested For Arson Allegations In Raging King Fire

September 18, 2014 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

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The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office has a suspect in the raging King fire in Northern California that burst into an inferno overnight and at present threatens thousands of homes.  One Wayne Huntsman was booked on Wednesday on suspicion of arson and is now being held in lieu of $10 million bail according to the Sheriff’s Office.

In custody is one Wayne Huntsman, 37, who was booked Wednesday on a charge of suspicion of arson.  Huntsman is being held in lieu of $10 million bail the Sheriff’s Office said.

Huntsman was apprehended in Placerville following numerous interviews of people by investigators.  These interviews developed into multiple leads and the El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson told reporters at the midday news conference the latest on the incident.

How the fire was started officials wouldn’t say due to the fact the investigation is still underway.

The King Fire, as it is being referred to is now out of control in the El Dorado National Forest found east of Sacramento, California’s capital, and threatens more than 2,000 homes.  The fire expanded rapidly from 27,930 acres to almost 71,000 acres in one day.  Estimates are another 1,500 buildings and structures are threatened by the inferno that at present is only 5% contained states the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

At present no injuries or major damage has been reported.

The US Forest Service’s Laurence Crabtree stated there was no estimate for when the fire might be contained.  California Jerry Brown reacted by declaring a state of emergency for the El Dorado County area.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency allowed for a correspond request for aid that should cover up to or about 75% of the state’s costs to fight the fire.

There are several active wildfires in the State of California at present.  The Boles Fire is the most destructive regarding property. This inferno began on Monday and swept through the town of Weed, a logging community right near the west of Mt. Shasta.  Over 150 structures were wiped out including the sawmill causing Gov. Brown to declare a State of Emergency in Siskiyou County as well.

A 320 acre Courtney fire has destroyed 20 homes and 19 buildings in Madeira County but the blaze is reported at 70% contained.

As the fires continue to rage more data will be presented by officials including evacuations, damage, containment, and injuries if any.

Filed Under: US Tagged With: 19 buildings, 20 homes, 320 acre Courtney fire, california, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, County Sheriff's Office, El Dorado, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Fire Arrested, Gov. Brown, Huntsman, Madeira County, National Forest found east of Sacramento, Northern California, Placerville, Raging King, Sheriff's Office, Siskiyou, US Forest, US Forest Service's Laurence Crabtree, Vern Pierson, Wayne Huntsman

Hundreds Evacuated, California Wildfires Still Threaten

September 15, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

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Firefighters are still battling it out to help quell the raging wildfires in California and at present the crews are trying to get better access to a wildfire near Yosemite National Park that is located in deep and treacherous terrain.

Over 900 residents of some 400 homes have been evacuated so far since the fire started Sunday afternoon.  So far the blaze has destroyed one home and damaged around two dozen other structures.  200 homes in Orange County’s Silverado Canyon had been earmarked for evacuation but that order was lifted as the firefighter teams finally contained over 80% of the blaze on late Sunday.

Overall, well over 1,200 people were asked or forced out of their homes during the two blazes.  The fires started around 1:30 pm on Sunday near Brass Lake in Central California.  Authorities quickly had to issue orders for around 1,000 people to evacuate.  Damage in the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported the ground battle information.  They reported that the fire initially started on a road outside of Oakhurst which is a foothill community located south of the entrance to Yosemite National Park.  It spread to to the edge of Bass lake propelled by winds and quickly charred over 320 acres.  At present the fire is only 20-30% contained.

A popular tourist and recreation area, the lakeside area is active year round.  To help out the Red Cross has opened a shelter at the Oakhurst Community Center.

Quick to go into action, Gov. Jerry Brown secured a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cover 75 percent of the cost of fire fighting according to state officials.

Even farther north another wildfire about 60 miles east of Sacramento forced the evacuation of 133 homes.  The Sheriff of El Dorado County stated that residents from 400 plus more homes are prepared to evacuate as well.  The fire started on Saturday in a remote area but went full blaze by Sunday deep inside a canyon full of thick, dry brush thus burning up 4 square miles.  That fire is only over 10 percent contained.

So far six firefighters have suffered only minor injuries, mostly from the hot temperatures that are over 100 degrees.

As news of these fires spreads so do the fires themselves.  In the Sierra Nevada foothills between Sacramento and Reno another 250 acres burned, destroying only a few structures.  In addition hundreds of other homes are threatened by the fires.  In Mendocino County a 400 plus acre fire also destroyed a few structures but was last reported at 50 percent contained.

Filed Under: US Tagged With: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, california wildfire, Federal Emergency Management Agency, firefighters, Gov. Jerry Brown, Oakhurst, Oakhurst Community Center, Orange County's Silverado Canyon, Red Cross, Reno, Sacramento, Sheriff of El Dorado County, Threaten, Yosemite National Park

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