The best answer is, As governor of New York Roosevelt had taken active steps to provide aid for citizens.
During the Presidential election of 1932 Governor of New York and Democrat, Franklin Roosevelt ran against the sitting President, Hoover on the platform of providing aiding to Americans, specifically those in New York. This political advantage saw Roosevelt's victory over President Hoover and elected him to be the 32nd President of the United States, who would go on to be one of the most important and influential Presidents of the United States.
The two greatest factors that contributed to the spread of disease among civil war soldiers were that they were in extremely close quarters, and that there was no medicine that could kill the germs in question.
The Continental Army persevered and won a decisive victory at the Battle of Saratoga. They decimated Burgoyne's troops, cut off supply routes, and Burgoyne never received his promised and desperately needed reinforcements.
