Almost two years after being badly damaged and needing to be evacuated after Superstorm Sandy, NYU Langone Medical Center will receive $1.13 billion in recovery aid, reports The New York Times. The aid will be used to restore damaged buildings and better protect the medical center from future flooding disasters.
The center, which is located by New York's East River, will install interior flood doors and barriers, as well as reinforced walls, seals, and pumps to protect it from flooding, says the Times. When Sandy made landfall, the river filled the medical center basement, knocking out power and forcing doctors, nurses, and emergency workers to carry patients down darkened stairwells to evacuate the center.
According to the Times, Senator Chuck Schumer says the new system of payment was put into the $50 billion Hurricane Sandy relief bill to give institutions the confidence not to skimp on needed repairs.
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