FEMA spent all its money on migrants: Letters to the Editor Oct. 7, 2024

The Issue: FEMA’s failure to allocate money to victims of Hurricane Helene owing to the migrant crisis.Yet another reason not to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election (“Sorry, Wrong Victims,” Editorial, Oct.4).As second-in-command, she is directly responsible for the border disaster and the money subsequently spent on migrants, while victims of Hurricane Helene suffer and the rest of the country reels from other issues, like inflation.Jerry ChiappettaMonticelloFEMA doesn’t have money for relief — except for migrants.Why should my 100-year-old grandmother, a US citizen, have no electricity or hot water due to Hurricane Helene?The local electric company is even trying to restore power without federal assistance.

It seems that American citizens are no longer a priority.John AvelliBrooklynI criticized President George W.Bush in 2005 for his inept response to Hurricane Katrina.

I must do the same now to Harris for her equally inept and insufficient response to Hurricane Helene.Merely showing up to FEMA’s headquarters in Washington, DC — after attending a lavish celebrity fund-raiser in Los Angeles as the tragedy unfolded — is not enough.For shame.Sean CoughlinActon, Mass.Right before Hurricane Helene struck, some of Georgia’s Republican representatives in the House voted against funding FEMA in preparation.So Georgia Gov.

Brian Kemp should understand that because of this, FEMA funds are spread thin and must be shared.Peter PeiranoRidgewood, NJI agree that Harris should divert more money to Hurricane Helene.But it’s interesting that The Post chooses to target the millions allocated for migrants and not the billions in military aid we have given to Israel.With the money we’ve given to Israel, we could’ve helped not just those affected by Helene, but even those who were affected by the last major disaster in Hawaii as well.It seems like a deflection to focus on millions in aid to migrants who might otherwise ...