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# Schumer Promises That Sandy Cash Will Come In 2014
- URL: https://bklyner.com/schumer-promises-that-the-cash-will-come-in-2014-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2013-10-30T14:00:29.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-30T13:37:20.000Z
- Author: wsimpson
- Tags: build it back, charles schumer, department of veterans affairs, FEMA, hurricane sandy aftermath, Michael Bloomberg, sandy aid package, us senate, #API-Imported

![Source: aresauburn via flickr](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pile-of-cash-source-aresauburn-flickr1.jpg)

Source: aresauburn via flickr

Senator Charles Schumer sent a message to anxious New Yorkers, still waiting to receive repairs and funds for their Superstorm Sandy devastated homes: the money is coming. Newsday is [reporting](http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/sandy-aid-money-to-increase-says-schumer-1.6328784?ref=bklyner.com) that Schumer promised that the city will receive $6.3 billion in aid in 2014, a figure that will hopefully address the cash shortages for the Sandy-related projects of 2013.

[Last week, we reported](/as-sandy-repair-costs-rise-many-are-annoyed-at-distribution-of-sandy-aid-funds/) that city officials with the Bloomberg administration were worried that the “Build it Back” program was short about $1.9 billion. Schumer is now declaring that in 2014, of the $6.3 billion heading the city’s way, $1.4 billion will be used directly for homeowners affected by Sandy, nearly covering the shortage. Newsday reported on comments made by Schumer at a press conference promising the flow of federal dollars and acknowledged the hiccups in the process:

> “The spigot is now open,” Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at a news conference in Manhattan. “A year from now, people will feel a whole lot better about the Sandy process than they do today.”

> He acknowledged frustration with the pace of spending this year, blaming red tape and the need to establish new programs to disburse the funds. “It should’ve been quicker,” he said.

[NBC News reported more fully](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Schumer-6-Billion-Hurricane-Sandy-Storm-Aid-2014-229444261.html?partner=nbcnews&ref=bklyner.com) on the money breakdown:

> He said $2.5 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will go to New York communities in 2014 to pay for permanent projects as well as reimbursement for repairs already done.

> Additionally, Schumer expects at least $1.5 billion in storm-related transportation projects in New York to receive funding.

> Smaller pots of money will go to fund coastal protection projects, green infrastructure and health-related projects.

> Schumer said another $207 million will be allocated to the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manhattan.

If Schumer’s words prove true, it looks like Sheepshead Bay could expect a good year come 2014\. I suppose we’ll have to wait and see.