LI officials: Lack of funds slows Sandy fixes
Photo credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan | Senate Republican Conference Leader Dean Skelos was joined by other members of the New York State Senate's Bipartisan Task Force on Hurricane Sandy at a press conference that preceded their roundtable discussion. (Jan. 3, 2013)
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A long list of fixes after superstorm Sandy -- from sewer repairs to restoring power and heat -- have been slowed on Long Island by a lack of funds, mayors and other officials told a state rebuilding task force Thursday in the Village of Freeport.
"The first, and it's obviously the big megillah, is the financing," Long Beach City Manager Jack Schnirman told the panel, identifying six areas...
