New York Joins Multistate Lawsuit After Trump Administration's FEMA Cuts

New York joins multistate lawsuit after Trump administration's FEMA cuts

The state of New York joined several other states Wednesday in a lawsuit against the Trump administration's closure of a protective arm of FEMA.

New York Among 20 States Suing FEMA for Canceling Disaster Preparedness Funds

A coalition of states — including New York and New Jersey, which just experienced flash flooding that killed two — are suing the Trump administration over its abrupt cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars of natural disaster preparedness funding. The group of 19 Democratic attorneys general and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency of violating “core separation of powers principles” by canceling …

Most states couldn’t afford disaster recovery without FEMA: report

Cities may need to establish their own recovery and resilience funds because only a handful of states are prepared to absorb proposed FEMA cuts, the Urban Institute found.

Big budget cuts leave federal disaster aid uncertain for states

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