Hundreds of millions of dollars, from taxpayers in North Carolina, are going to help continue the cleanup from Hurricane Helene following FEMA’s second rejection.
Gov. Josh Stein said despite the administrative setback from the Trump administration, “We will keep pushing the federal and state governments to do right by western North Carolina.”
David Richardson, the senior official performing duties for the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, wrote in part to Stein, “We have concluded that an extension of the 100% federal cost share for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance for an additional 180 days under major disaster declaration FEMA-4827-DR is not warranted.”
Stein’s appeal of an April decision is alongside his request for Congress to appropriate $19 billion for disaster relief – $11.5 billion in new appropriations and $7.5 billion from previous appropriations. Congressional members from North Carolina are pushing for more aid. President Donald Trump made the Buncombe County is his first domestic trip after inauguration.
The second-term Republican also pledged support to the state and expressed concern with how FEMA operates. He has previously suggested rerouting some of its assistance programs and dismantling, or at a minimum shrinking, the agency in favor of disaster oversight by states.
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