NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams was within the Bronx on Tuesday morning recapping his journey to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
He and his group traveled to the Caribbean to survey the destruction left behind by Hurricane Fiona to supply boots on the bottom aid.
CBS2’s Zinnia Maldonado has particulars on a visit hizzoner referred to as profound.
“We’ll present the humanitarian motion of what it’s to be a New Yorker,” Adams stated.
On Sunday, Adams landed in Puerto Rico, a spot he refers to because the sixth borough of New York Metropolis, the place he met with native officers and toured catastrophe websites.
The storm dropped greater than two toes of rain in some areas, leaving hundreds with out meals water and electrical energy.
“We now have a lot abundance right here and in the event you do not imagine we do then you really want to go on the entrance traces and see the makeshift housing that individuals are residing by with out electrical energy that provides strategy to an absence of operating water,” Adams stated Tuesday.
Along with boots on the bottom work, lawmakers are additionally advocating for federal help.
“We’re additionally combating to have a supplemental invoice that requires $1 billion for dietary help for Puerto Rico and $2.7 billion for emergency aid,” Rep. Adriano Espaillat stated.
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Adams says metropolis staffers will keep within the U.S. territory to assist residents with duties corresponding to filling out FEMA paperwork and aiding in clean-up.
“As we converse at present, workers from numerous metropolis companies, together with New York Metropolis Emergency Administration, Division of Buildings, New York Metropolis Parks, and Division of Design and Development are on the bottom, assessing broken infrastructure and important providers brought on by heavy rains, floods and wind,” Emergency Administration Commissioner Zach Iscol stated.
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Adams then traveled to the Dominican Republic on Monday and met with the nation’s president and aid teams.
Alongside metropolis staffers, the mayor stated he distributed meals and constructing supplies to these affected by the storm. Shifting ahead, their focus will probably be on sending the Dominican Republic cleansing provides and offering turbines to Puerto Rico.
“New York has a model that has a model and that model means variety. That model means we care. That model signifies that we’re compassionate,” Adams stated.
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