Disaster Relief

Andrew J Lanza

November 1, 2012

The New York State Department of Financial Services (formerly the Insurance Department) has a storm hotline up and running to answer your insurance related questions. They also have a wealth of information for consumers regarding disaster assistance on their website:

http://www.dfs.ny.gov/consumer/disascon.htm

Governor Cuomo announced today that homeowners will not have to pay hurricane deductibles:

http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/10312012Hurricane-Deductibles

Also, follow the link below for information on food and water distribution locations:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/foodandwater.html