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Dolman: Prepare for a fight over funding New York's recovery from Sandy
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Let the games begin.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says he will ask Congress to appropriate more than $41 million in supplemental aid in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Of that, $32 billion would help pay for the recovery effort—including $6.6 for Nassau County, $1.8 billion for Suffolk County and $15 billion for New York City.
How easy will it be to get that much money out of Washington?
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