earthquake
Puerto Rico’s Earthquakes: How You Can Help
Daniel Parra |
There are more than 1,000 people living in shelters, more than 250,000 people do not have water and another half million do not have electricity.
There are more than 1,000 people living in shelters, more than 250,000 people do not have water and another half million do not have electricity.
Hay más de mil personas viviendo en albergues, más de 250.000 personas en la isla no tienen agua y otro medio millón no tiene electricidad.
FEMA told City Limits that ‘a more detailed look at the NYC aspects/impacts’ would ‘best be handled by the city.’ However, neither the mayor’s office nor several of the city’s agencies were able to say.
The next representative of the 15th Congressional District could be a strong voice for Puerto Rico – or not.
The institution took in 57 students whose home universities were shut down by the storm. Now they’re being told it’s safe to go back—and that the island needs them.
‘FEMA is temporarily extending assistance for the 83 Puerto Rican families set to lose their shelter in New York City. But the fight is not over.’
Eighty-six families have been asked to check out of their temporary housing hotels by the end of this week.
Eight weeks since Hurricane Maria dealt a punishing blow to Puerto Rico, millions on the island are still suffering. Twenty five percent lack access to clean drinking water. Fifty five percent lack electricity. Food and medicine remain scarce in remote parts of the island. For New Yorkers this is not a distant tragedy—it is a local crisis.
Also, three Council hearings take place as GOP mayoral nominee Nicole Malliotakis focuses on senior centers and Mayor de Blasio and his team continue their week-long emphasis of programs and policies affecting Manhattan.
There are 334,000 Mexicans and 728,000 Puerto Ricans in New York City, and this week both populations have watched and heard stories of destruction in their homelands.