Posted on 14 January, 2014

High Importance: New Guide to NYC CDBG Action Plan Amendment 5

You may or may not know, but the City has made changes to the CDBG plan for recovery funds. If you participated in previous CDBG plan hearings or read previous drafts, you need to know that this change being proposed reallocates money and significantly changes program eligibility requirements across a number of previously planned programs. Changes in financial allocations impact programs and funding for:

• Housing
• Business
• City Administration
• Infrastructure
• Resilience Programs

You can find a short 5 page guide here to help those of us who are not familiar with the City’s planning and comment process locate the guide (both online and in hard copy), understand how to read the guide, and includes all the info you need to give comments on the guide. We have also included a section by section overview.
 
The City is only taking comments until January 25, so please take a moment either on your own or with your organization and provide comments about these considerable changes to disaster relief funding.
 
If you have any questions or need further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Noël Kepler or Gillian Kaye at [email protected].

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