https:\/\/nystateofpolitics.com\/state-of-politics\/new-york\/ny-state-of-politics\/2020\/05\/15\/delgado-seeks-funding-for-localities-hurting-from-pandemic<\/a><\/p>\nThe $3 trillion HEROES Act is scheduled for a vote on Friday in the U.S. House. Representative Antonio Delgado NY-19 of the Hudson Valley, says rural areas like his didn\u2019t get much from the last stimulus package, so this time around, he was determined to change that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we tried to do with the Direct Support Communities Act is devise a formula, partly with my Republican colleague Lee Zeldin, to be sure that whatever the amount of funding is, for state and local, a portion of that will reach every single town, hamlet, village, based on population across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
$375 billion is the amount currently earmarked for local governments in the HEROES Act.\u00a0Under Delgado\u2019s formula, local relief funding would be split 50\/50, half committed to cities, towns and villages, and half committed to counties.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have counties in the district that are laying off folks because they don\u2019t have the means to maintain,\u201d Delgado said.\u00a0\u201cWe have to support our firefighters, our teachers, our law enforcement, our police officers, our nurses, doctors who work in public hospitals. \u00a0There is so much that is being provided by way of local government, but they don\u2019t have the resources right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the HEROES Act passes in the House, it will have an uphill battle in the U.S. Senate, where today Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the aid package \u201ca totally unserious effort\u201d to address the pandemic. Delgado called those words unfortunate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe notion that rather than provide a serious response, one that meets the serious of the moment, is insulting to the millions upon millions of Americans who have been asked to sacrifice so much to endure this hardship,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n
The Direct Support Communities Act is the only bipartisan and bicameral piece of legislation in the HEROES ACT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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