Schumer, Gillibrand & Rice Announce Nearly $10 Million For Repairs To Long Beach Boardwalk & Other Sandy-Damaged Facilities

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U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice today announced that the City of Long Beach has been awarded nearly $10 million in federal grant funding for repairs to the Long Beach Boardwalk and other facilities that sustained damage during Superstorm Sandy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) agreed to cover 90 percent of the cost of rebuilding the boardwalk, but initially declined additional costs totaling more than $9 million. Long Beach officials successfully appealed that decision, and FEMA will now reimburse the city for an additional $8,291,085.23 spent repairing the boardwalk and $1,553,231.76 spent repairing damage to the Sanitation Garage, the Beach Maintenance and Highway Garage Building, and the Pay Loader Shop.

"The boardwalk in Long Beach is the cultural, recreational and economic heart of this city, and that's why it has been so important for us to rebuild it and make it stronger. I am pleased that FEMA is reimbursing these funds so that the city of Long Beach and its taxpayers are not on the hook for these much-needed expenses," said Schumer.

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