The Trump administration will tell Puerto Rico to stop paying contractors on disaster projects $15 an hour if the island wants a pot of disaster aid, officials familiar with the plan said.
PONCE, Puerto Rico — The Trump administration plans to impose several new requirements on billions of dollars in aid for Puerto Rico, including a new restriction on the wages paid by the island’s government to contractors working on disaster relief, according to two officials with knowledge of the plan.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has been working with White House officials, is expected to tell the Puerto Rico government of the proposed restrictions this week, the officials said. “The help comes, but it comes one drop at a time,” said Elizabeth Ocasio, vice mayor of Ponce. “We needed to strengthen these structures after the hurricane. Now, we have greater damage.”
The administration’s proposal to give more oversight authority to the fiscal board could prove the most politically explosive, as some congressional Democrats have attacked the body as undemocratic given that Puerto Ricans are not allowed to choose its members. The board was created under the Obama administration to help manage the island’s debt crisis.José B.
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