MINEOLA, N.Y. — Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is asking homeowners to call in and report damage from Hurricane Ida in an effort to obtain possibly millions in federal funds to help residents recover from the storm.
Curran on Monday surveyed the damage on Long Island's North Shore, where many homes sustained significant damage in last week's devastating storm.
One homeowner had three feet of water in their living room while another suffered thousands of dollars worth of items lost in a basement because of flooding.
Resident Michael Loria said he was pumping out water from the basement of his Glen Cove home for two days after Ida hit.
"The water came in everywhere — through all the windows, through the foundation," Loria said. "Even after the flooding finally subsided I had actually almost three feet of water in my backyard and my front yard was completely under water."
Loria, who does not have flood insurance, believes his home sustained $50,000 in damages.
Curran said FEMA money would help those, like Loria, who are not covered by insurance and she is asking residents to call the county's Office of Emergency Management at 516-573-9600 to report damages from the storm so the county can qualify for federal dollars.
"This is will help us make the case to FEMA that we need help," Curran said. "When we get up to a certain threshold, it's $5 million, which I think we've probably already gotten to, we can make the case and then we can do everything we can working with our federal partners, our state partners, to make sure that our residents who experienced damage can possibly be eligible for FEMA reimbursement."
She said it's very important for those residents who do not have flood insurance.
"A lot of folks on the North Shore do not have flood insurance, they don't normally live in flood-prone areas, so they just don't have the insurance so in this case this help would be very useful to them," Curran said.
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