NY gets nearly $3.5B in Sandy development aid
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference on gun violence. (Jan. 6, 2013)
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WASHINGTON -- New York will get nearly $3.5 billion in the first release of community development block grant funds from the $50.5 billion superstorm Sandy relief act approved last week, Sen. Charles Schumer said Tuesday.
Of that amount, New York City will receive about $1.8 billion and New York State will administer $1.7 billion for recovery from the storm's damage, said Schumer (D-N.Y.).
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