(Bloomberg) -- New York’s 33 public housing developments will get $3 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, its largest grant ever, to repair damage from Hurricane Sandy and to protect against a future storm.
About 80,000 tenants will benefit from more secure lobbies in buildings equipped with better lighting, security cameras, boilers and electrical equipment, said Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was joined by U.S Senator Charles Schumer in announcing the grant Tuesday at a housing development in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn.
“We had the devastation of Sandy, but it gave us the capital to rebuild parts of NYCHA better than before,” Schumer told reporters, referring to the Housing Authority by its acronym. “Even people not affected by Sandy, their lives are going to be made much better.”
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