Brooklyn is not on a list of counties getting post-Irene disaster aid, the AP reports.
Some elected officials in New York City are adamantly seeking answers and federal aid for their communities following storm-damage from Hurricane Irene.
Borough President Marty Markowitz is not pleased that Brooklyn is not yet on a list of counties getting post-hurricane disaster aid.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has identified 26 counties that saw “devastating effects” from last weekend’s storm.
New York City’s other four boroughs are already getting aid.
Markowitz says he’s ‘dumbfounded’ at Brooklyn’s exclusion because many waterfront areas were flooded, including Coney Island and Red Hook.
He says he hopes the Federal Emergency Management Agency “immediately reverses this dreadful decision and includes Brooklyn.”
they need to give a percentage to bklyn