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State Sandy commissions make recommendations

Originally published: January 3, 2013 8:59 PM
Updated: January 3, 2013 10:15 PM
By YANCEY ROY yancey.roy@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas | Three days after superstorm Sandy, people wait in line with their gasoline cans in Deer Park. Some were getting gas for generators, others to fill up the tanks in their cars. (Nov. 1, 2012)

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ALBANY -- Two state commissions Thursday recommended backup generators for gas stations in key areas, creation of a strategic fuel reserve and an emergency management training program to help reduce the potentially devastating impact of hurricanes and other severe storms.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who created the panels on storm readiness and disaster response, said he would incorporate some of...

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