Cuomo: Transit, utilities get half of NY's $33B Sandy aid

Originally published: February 6, 2013 7:39 PM
Updated: February 7, 2013 9:20 AM
By YANCEY ROY yancey.roy@newsday.com

Photo credit: Getty Images | Public transit and utilities are expected to get nearly half of the $33 billion in federal aid New York is to receive for superstorm Sandy recovery, the Cuomo administration said Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. In November, after touring devastation in the New York metro area, Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke to reporters. With him, from left, are Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) Transportation Secretary Shaun Donovan and President Barack Obama. (Nov. 15, 2012)

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ALBANY -- Nearly half of the $33 billion of federal aid New York is to receive for superstorm Sandy recovery would go for public transit and energy and utility repairs and upgrades, according to the Cuomo administration.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo met Wednesday for about an hour with federal Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan in Manhattan to discuss aid rollout. Donovan is the Obama administration's...

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