Cuomo Pledges NY Aid to Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico, Criticizes President
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo traveled to Puerto Rico to view Hurricane Maria damage and pledged state support to help get the U.S. territory back on its feet while criticizing President Donald Trump's priorities.
September 25, 2017 at 02:02 PM
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ALBANY – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is stepping into a national role to help Puerto Rico as it assesses the damages caused by hurricanes that have ravaged the island, while criticizing President Donald Trump's priorities.
Cuomo, who has long been rumored to have presidential ambitions, flew to Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, on Sept. 22 after being invited by Gov. Ricardo Rossello to survey the damage. Top officials from the New York Power Authority made the trip with Cuomo to help their counterparts in Puerto Rico restore electrical service after Hurricane Maria made landfall last week as a Category 4 storm, knocking out the island's entire power grid and killing at least 10.
Hurricane Maria came on the heels of Hurricane Irma, which had already left hundreds of thousands on the island without power. On Sept. 21, all federal courthouses on Puerto Rico had been shut down by Hurricane Maria, as were the federal courts in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to The National Law Journal.
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