Tonko Announces $1.3 Billion for Capital Region in Latest House Relief BillHeroes Act includes major funding for state, local governments to pay first responders, extends relief for workers and families, and provides for widespread testing, tracing and treatment
Amsterdam,
May 13, 2020
AMSTERDAM, NY—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced this afternoon that The Heroes Act—new COVID-19 crisis relief legislation that has now been introduced in the House—delivers an estimated $1.3 billion in crisis-response aid to New York’s Capital Region and a combined $49.5 billion to New York State overall. Under the bill:·
“Our bill takes action not just to combat the raging COVID-19 health crisis, it also delivers vital aid directly to Capital Region families and communities, ensuring our state and local officials can continue to keep local firefighters, teachers, nurses and other essential workers on the job at this critical time,” said Tonko. “These folks have kept our communities going under challenging circumstances, and they need to know we have their backs. Our legislation delivers that assurance and puts our communities on a more solid footing to weather this storm.” The Heroes Act also includes a number of vital provisions to help New York families and communities including:
Tonko added, “There’s work to be done here to deliver our smart and timely crisis aid package to the American people. Just as we did before with the CARES Act, this will take a bipartisan effort and the President’s signature to make it happen. But if both the House and Senate bring that same spirit of unity and resilience to our work that the American people have shown throughout this crisis, The Heroes Act will be signed into law quickly and its urgent assistance will help prevent the even greater harms and hardship that are threatening to overtake us." ### |