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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM - DISASTER RECOVERY
PUBLIC NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
TO ALL INTERESTED RESIDENTS, GROUPS, COMMUNITY BOARDS, AND AGENCIES:
On Monday, September 14, 2026, the City of New York will release a substantial amendment to its Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan for Hurricane Ida Recovery. Through this amendment, the City will detail its proposed use of $86,000,000 in reallocated CDBG-DR funding provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
To access the plan beginning September 14, 2026, please visit: https://www.nyc.gov/site/cdbgdr/hurricane-ida/ida-action-plan.page. Executive Summaries will be available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Haitian, Korean, Arabic, Urdu, French, and Polish. The online materials will also be accessible for the visually impaired. Paper copies of the Action Plan, including in large print format (18pt. font size), will be provided upon request.
The substantial amendment is subject to a 30-day public comment period, which will begin on September 15, 2026. Comments must be received no later than Friday, October 16, 2026 at 11:59 P.M. (EST). Written comments may be submitted to CDBGComments@omb.nyc.gov or to the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Evan Pellegrino, Director of Community Development, 255 Greenwich Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10007.
A hearing is scheduled for October 8, 2026 from 6:00-7:00pm to obtain comments on the City's use of federal funds. The hearing may be attended either in person or virtually. Information for attending the hearing virtually or in person is below:
ZOOM link for virtual participation:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fK1Fx3ylR5OpGKLrWtmhBA
Webinar ID: 897 3335 4124
Passcode: 1
Location for in person participation:
NYC City Planning Commission Hearing Room
120 Broadway, Lower Concourse
New York, New York 10002
Please inform NYC Department of City Planning if you need reasonable accommodation or foreign language interpretation services, such as but not limited to sign language interpretation, to participate in the public hearing. Foreign language interpretation will be provided based on available resources. Please email requests to accessibilityinfo@planning.nyc.gov or call 212-720-3366 at least five business days before the hearing.
At the end of the comment period, all comments shall be reviewed, and City responses will be incorporated into the final Action Plan. The final Ida Action Plan, containing a summary of the comments and the City's responses, will be submitted to HUD and posted on the City's CDBG-DR website.
City of New York: Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Mayor
Sherif Soliman, Director, Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget
Date: September 11, 2026