Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Announces $250 Million in Disaster Relief Funds

NEW YORK, April 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY") announced today that, in response to the damage done to many local communities due to recent severe weather, the FHLBNY has committed to provide up to $250 million in disaster relief loans to begin the process of rebuilding communities designated by FEMA as disaster areas.  The funds are being made available by the FHLBNY through its Community Lending Programs ("CLP") to be used as immediate gap financing while insurance settlements are being worked out.  

"In any disaster, the speed of the response is critical," said Alfred A. DelliBovi, President and CEO of the FHLBNY.  "The funds we are making available today will allow our members to make an immediate, positive impact on recovery efforts, while providing the flexibility our members need to suit these efforts to the individual communities they serve.  These members remain fully committed to serving their customers and neighbors during these difficult times."

The $250 million CLP commitment can specifically be used for housing, small business and economic development lending.  In addition, these funds can be used to support disaster relief financing activities, regardless of income status, for affected communities.  The FHLBNY's member-lenders can tap these low-cost loans to meet the short-, medium-, and long-term funding needs of the following FEMA-designated communities:

• New Jersey: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, and Union counties; and
• New York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chenango, Cortland, Erie, Nassau and Suffolk counties.

For more information on the disaster relief funding, please visit: www.fhlbny.com/news/pressrelease.htm.

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York is a Congressionally chartered, $110 billion, wholesale Bank.  It is part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, a national wholesale banking network of 12 regional, stockholder-owned banks.  The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York serves 330 community lenders in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  The mission of the Home Loan Bank is to advance housing opportunity and local community development by maximizing the capacity of community-based member-lenders to serve their markets.

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SOURCE Federal Home Loan Bank of New York