New York State has opened its 2019 Lake Ontario Flood Relief program up to owners of second homes on the lake or the St. Lawrence River that were damaged by this year’s spring flooding.
Governor Cuomo’s office says up to $8 million is available to assist secondary homeowners who qualify for the program and whose properties were flood damaged between January First and September 30th of this year. Residents with second homes in Cayuga, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego, St. Lawrence and Wayne counties are now eligible to apply to receive up to $50,000 in state funding to help offset damages to their residences. Applications for second homes will be accepted from Nov. 6 through Dec. 10.
Application criteria for homeowners includes:
- Homeowners who were impacted by flooding Jan. 1, 2019 through Sept. 30, 2019.
- Second homeowner applications will be accepted from Nov. 6, 2019 through Dec. 10, 2019.
- Second homeowners with a qualified gross income of less than $275,000 may apply. However, priority will be given to those with a qualified gross income of $175,000 or less.
- Funding to address damages to secondary homes will be considered following fulfillment of primary residence applications, which will be given priority. Primary homeowners must have applied by the Oct. 31, 2019 deadline.