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Wappingers Falls Man Offers Aide to Puerto Rico After Washington Fails to Deliver
By Ben Nandy Wappingers Falls December 5, 2018 @8:34 PM
A Wappingers-Falls man is stepping up for Puerto Rico after the flow of federal aid to the island — and donations from the public — have slowed down.
"The city administrator told me that in the mountainous areas. They don't get any relief. They haven't gotten any relief the entire year. When people think of Puerto Rico, they think of San Juan and San Dulce and other places that are more well-known, but not the mountainous regions," said Joe Torres, the man organizing the donations.
Torres, who has family in Puerto Rico, posted on Facebook back in October requesting donations to go toward helping people who are still suffering, 14 months after Hurricane Maria hit the commonwealth.
The response overwhelmed him.
More:
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hudson-valley/news/2018/12/05/wappingers-falls-man-offers-aide-to-puerto-rico