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City Touts Plumb Beach Restoration As Model For Storm Resiliency

Photo By Erica ShermanPlumb Beach is considered one of the most vulnerable stretches of coastlines in the city, and the overall sand replenishment and long-term restoration effort undertaken by federal and city officials is being considered as a model for rehabilitating Sandy-devastated areas. NY1 is reporting [http://brooklyn.ny1.com/

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Feds To Dole Out $436 Million In Extra Sandy Relief

Source: Susan Sterner via Wikimedia CommonsWhen Congress passed the $60 billion Sandy aid package this past January [/house-finally-approves-full-sandy-aid-package/], they agreed to provide 65 percent of the needed funds to finance sea walls, and repair dunes and beaches for our area’s coastal communities. The idea was that the city and