{"id":391790,"date":"2022-01-10T00:16:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T21:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/schumer-adams-demand-fema-speed-up-covid-funds-for-nyc-hospitals\/"},"modified":"2022-01-10T00:16:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T21:16:40","slug":"schumer-adams-demand-fema-speed-up-covid-funds-for-nyc-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/schumer-adams-demand-fema-speed-up-covid-funds-for-nyc-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Schumer, Adams demand FEMA speed up COVID funds for NYC hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Schumer, Adams demand FEMA speed up COVID funds for NYC hospitals<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday demanded that the federal government speed up delivery of the nearly\u00a0$1 billion in coronavirus emergency relief funds it is set to allocate\u00a0to New York City\u2019s public-hospital system.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference with Mayor Eric Adams, Schumer (D- NY) chided the Federal Emergency Management Agency for\u00a0prior delays\u00a0and ordered the entity to quickly deliver the new tranche of funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I am saying to FEMA, no more delays. When the city <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lies for relief money for Omicron, we can\u2019t wait another two years. We need the money now,\u201d said Schumer, the Democratic Majority leader, outside\u00a0NYC Health +\u00a0Hospitals\/Bellevue\u00a0in Manhattan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already told FEMA, get the new money out im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely so our hospitals can do the job they are meant to do,\u201d he said. \u201cThe delays we had are unacceptable, both on the public side and the private side, and we\u2019re not going to tolerate that again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer recalled that Health +Hospitals in October 2020 requested reimbursement for about $900 million used for hiring extra staff to care for COVID-19 patients \u2014 but FEMA would\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/nyc-public-hospitals-still-awaiting-fema-reimbursement-for-covid-19-expenses\/\">only compensate a third of the costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Schumer said that the delays from the federal government have been &quot;unacceptable.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-20771666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Schumer said that the delays from the federal government have been \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bryan Smith\/ZUMA Press Wire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adams, who took office Jan. 1, also urged FEMA to speedily distribute funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Health and Hospitals] spent over $2.5 billion to fight COVID during the first surge. You shouldn\u2019t have to worry about how you\u2019re going to be paid. They did their job, darn it, and the federal government needed to do its job,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw the hospitals move without hesitating. So why the heck did FEMA hesitate? That is irresponsible and unacceptable. \u2026 The lag time that we experienced had financial consequences, and it was real.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to move faster and get things done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Adams discussed the &quot;financial consequences&quot; the city experience due to FEMA's delays.\" class=\"wp-image-20771665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Adams discussed the \u201cfinancial consequences\u201d the city experienced due to FEMA\u2019s delays.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bryan Smith\/ZUMA Press Wire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rep Ritchie Torres (D- The Bronx) lamented prior struggles about getting FEMA to pay up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bureaucratic reasoning of FEMA was out of touch with the reality that we as New Yorkers were experiencing on the ground,\u201d he said. \u201cWe all remember the images of overflowing emergency rooms and those refrigerated trucks full of dead bodies.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plea from the trio of politicians comes after\u00a0Schumer told The Post on Wednesday that FEMA is allocating $924.4 million in reimbursement for services the 11 public hospitals and five other nursing facilities provided to care for sick patients during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in the five boroughs in 2020. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Hospital staff at the press conference held by Schumer and Adams at Bellevue Hospital on January 9, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-20771662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/schumer-adams-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hospital staff at the press conference held by Schumer and Adams at Bellevue Hospital on January 9, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bryan Smith\/ZUMA Press Wire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It also comes after Schumer in April 2020 accused FEMA of slow-walking $325 million in aid\u00a0for city public hospitals<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, city officials announced Big Apple hospitals will receive nearly $140 million in funding as they handle a\u00a0recent surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations. 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