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FEMA to give North Hempstead $1.2M for Irene
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The Town of North Hempstead will be reimbursed more than $1.2 million by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, town officials and federal lawmakers said, for cleanup costs incurred after Tropical Storm Irene.
The payment covers 75 percent of the total losses the town claimed — about $2 million, said Tom McDonough, the town’s safety coordinator and director of emergency management.
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