Gov. Cuomo: ‘U.S. Virgin Islands Have Been Devastated’

EXCERPT:

CUOMO: "And the U.S. Virgin Islands has really been devastated. I don’t know that the TV coverage, frankly, has adequately conveyed the level of damage in the U.S. Virgin Islands partially because the power was out, but Governor Mapp who is the governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, actually happens to be from Brooklyn, New York, originally was an NYPD officer. He called and asked for help. The U.S. Virgin Islands doesn’t have the same depth of local government that states do in the United States, so he needs help on the assessment, the liaison with the federal government, he needs security assistance. So I said I would come down, we’ll do an assessment. We’re bringing an assessment team. We’ll find out exactly how best to help, what personnel, what equipment, and then we’ll send resources forthwith, but it’s been devastating for the Virgin Islands."