Tom assumed command of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on June 8, 2017. He is responsible for the Corps’ water resource development, navigation, and regulatory activities in northeastern New Jersey, eastern and south-central New York State, including the New York and New Jersey Harbor and Long Island, as well as areas of Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. He is also responsible for supporting FEMA Mission Assignments tied to disaster response, including the current COVID-19 Pandemic that’s had significant impacts across the tristate area and the Nation. New York District currently has more than 134 members of its 580+ workforce dedicated to the COVID-19 response. The District has assessed 35 Sites and constructed 4 Alternate Care Facilities (ACFs) that will provide 4,268 beds for additional patient capacity across New York City and the surrounding counties. The District has completed an Alternate Care Facility at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, which is open and accepting patients, and will be completing three more ACFs at Westchester County Center, SUNY Old Westbury, and Stony Brook University by April 25, 2020. “This has been an absolute humbling experience for me to be surrounded by true American Heroes represented by our Corps of Engineers Workforce: the Contractors that are building the facilities, the Health Professionals that are and will operate the facilities and all the Federal, State, and Local officials that demonstrated superior leadership to guide our response mission. This is a tremendous effort and a fantastic example of how everyone at all levels of government can come together in the face of adversity and work to overcome it.”
Colonel Thomas D. ‘Tom’ Asbery
Resident Class of 2016
