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8,000 plus in Hudson Valley apply for FEMA aid

Lawrence Gross of Scarsdale, 66, holds documents at

Photo credit: Elizabeth Daza | Lawrence Gross of Scarsdale, 66, holds documents at the FEMA staging area at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. Gross said, "I applied for FEMA and got nowhere. They are not covering anything." (Nov. 9, 2012)

Three weeks after Hurricane Sandy hammered the East Coast, more than 8,000 Hudson Valley residents have filed compensation claims for storm damage with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, officials said Monday.

Figures provided by FEMA show the lion's share of claims, about 4,183, have been filed by home or business owners in Westchester County, followed by 2,576 in Rockland County; 749...

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