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FEMA Says No Evacuees to NY

WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Published September 15, 2005 at 9:15 AM EDT

By Hank Gross

Newburgh, NY – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has pulled the plug on its plan of last week to relocate as many as 5,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees to New York State, but Hudson Valley hospitals are still on standby. WAMC's Hank Gross reports.
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