New York has seen its fair share of natural disasters from the Buffalo blizzard of 2022 to Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and Hurricane Irene in 2011, each taking its toll on human life and sending damage costs into the billions.
After an emergency, the federal government typically comes in with assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. Now, President Donald Trump is looking to change that with a phasing out of FEMA by as early as December.
Bob Griffin, dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at UAlbany, joined Capital Tonight to discuss what it could mean for disaster response in New York.
