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$50 billion Sandy bill would bolster LI shores

Originally published: January 27, 2013 9:10 AM
Updated: January 27, 2013 9:29 PM
By EMILY C. DOOLEY AND EMILY NGO emily.dooley@newsday.com,emily.ngo@newsday.com

Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, left, and Senator Charles E. Schumer, right, walk the beach in Point Lookout after a press conference on the use of Sandy funds. (Jan. 27, 2013)

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The Senate is to convene today on Capitol Hill to vote on the $50.5 billion Sandy aid package -- funding that, in part, will fortify beaches, dunes, inlets and roadways against future storms on Long Island.

The vote is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and includes $5.4 billion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers restoration, replenishment and hardening projects in New York and New Jersey.

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