NY State Receives Federal Grant to Hire Workers for Sandy Clean-Up

Just received word from Senator Eric Adams:

New York State has received $27,792,296 in federal Disaster National Emergency Grant (NEG) funds. The grant will be used to hire workers who lost their jobs as a direct result of Hurricane Sandy in Bronx, Kings, New York, Richmond, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester counties to help clean up impacted communities.

To be eligible, workers must be unemployed as a result of Hurricane Sandy or unemployed and not receiving unemployment benefits or other types of income support.

If you or someone you know fits into that category, call 1-888-4-NYSDOL (1-888-469-7365) or visit a local Disaster Recovery Center  or Dept. of Labor One-Stop Career Center.