FEMA meeting Thursday to help Flanders-area Sandy victims
Officials from Southampton Town and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have scheduled a meeting for Thursday to hear from residents in the Flanders area who suffered serious damage to their homes during superstorm Sandy.
The meeting will be held on Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. at the David Crohan Community Center on Flanders Road.
Town officials say the goal of the meeting is to better understand the needs of the community, what obstacles residents are encountering, and how FEMA and local officials can assist.
Southampton Town officials scheduled to attend including Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, the planning and development administrator, Kyle Collins, the director of municipal works, Christine Fetten, and chief building inspector Michael Benincase.
Sandy damaged a number of houses in Flanders, some that have since been rendered not safe to live in, particularly in low lying areas such as Bay Avenue or the streets off the north part of Long Neck Boulevard, and adjacent streets.
Richard Naso, a member of the town’s citizen advisory committee for Flanders, Riverside and Northampton, has been trying to get word out about the meeting.
“You may have spoken to a FEMA representative already, but most people are unaware of other programs to help assist us,” he said. “It’s to your benefit to learn as much as possible and to receive the help, support and assistance from the Town of Southampton and FEMA.”
