Sandy relief money to trickle out, not gush
Photo credit: Newsday / Danielle Finkelstein | Jose Diaz, 64, a day laborer from Freeport, rips out flooring to avoid mold growth for Massapequa homeowner Katie Linkner, whose home was flooded by superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 13, 2012)
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WASHINGTON -- Long Islanders won't see much money any time soon from the $50.5 billion superstorm Sandy relief funding approved last week in Washington, three months after the storm hit, several officials said.
The aid package, which by design mostly contains funding for construction projects to rebuild damaged infrastructure and to prepare for future storms, will be spent over a decade, the...
