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Cuomo: Towns near Buffalo used entire snow removal budget in one week

N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, at a press briefing in Cheektowaga, a suburb east of Buffalo, said he wanted to bring at least $27 million in federal disaster aid to the region.

By Danielle Haynes
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday some towns near Buffalo, N.Y., used their entire snow-removal budgets after last week's snow storms. UPI/John Munson/Pool
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday some towns near Buffalo, N.Y., used their entire snow-removal budgets after last week's snow storms. UPI/John Munson/Pool | License Photo

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Some towns in the Buffalo, N.Y., area used up their entire snow removal budget during last week's double-whammy of snow storms, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

Some parts of Western New York received up to 100 inches of snow last week after two bands of lake-effect snow moved through the area.

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The snow crippled the region, killed 13 people and resulted in Cuomo declaring a state of emergency.

Cuomo, at a press briefing in Cheektowaga, a suburb east of Buffalo, said he wanted to bring at least $27 million in federal disaster aid to the region.

"The aftermath is going to be dealing with the financial ramifications," he said. "Many local governments spent their entire budget on snow removal in the past week, and the winter hasn't even started."

Meanwhile, concerns about severe flooding affecting the region as the snow melted were dissipated Tuesday. Meteorologists said a few roads were closed due to "minor" flooding in Lancaster and Cheektowaga. Nearly all roads in Erie County were passable.

"It's really nothing to write home about," Shawn Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the Buffalo News.

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