HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4085-NY affected Queens County, New York. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-4085-NY

Declared

Oct 30, 2012

Public assistance

$11.7M

Project obligations

Registrations

57,003

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Buildings and Equipment$7.0M

Emergency Protective Measures$4.2M

Emergency Work Donated Resources$255K

Debris Removal$210K

Total PA obligated$11.7M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$180.6M

Renter-approved dollars$71.3M

Intake IHP dollars$504.3M

Validated phase 2 dollars$531.9M

Tracked registrations57,003

About this declaration

What DR-4085-NY means

DR-4085-NY is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Queens County, New York, with an incident window starting Oct 27, 2012 through Nov 8, 2012. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as hurricane.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Queens County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.