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Business

Senate passes $50.5 billion Sandy recovery bill

The Senate voted 62-36 Monday afternoon to pass a bill that will grant $50.5 billion in federal aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, the Associated Press reported. In the wake of the October 29th storm, 130 people were killed and massive damage to homes, public transportation and infrastructure all along […]

January 28, 2013

Business

New York reviews methods to prepare, respond to future disasters

The NYS 2100 Commission, a panel put in place to issue recommendations for how New York should spend some of the $60 billion it received to recover from superstorm Sandy that hit October 29, released its preliminary report on ways to harden infrastructure in case of future emergencies, The Wall Street Journal reported. Rockefeller Foundation […]

January 8, 2013

Home

New York needs $42 billion for Sandy cleanup

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday that his state needs $26 billion to clean up and restore after the damage Sandy caused and to prevent such destruction from taking place again, UPI reported. Cuomo, along with the state’s congressional delegation, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and county officials from Nassau, Suffolk and […]

November 28, 2012

Roadbuilding

Case Constructions donates 3K die-cast construction machine models to Toys for Tots

Case Construction Equipment shipped more than 3,000 die-cast construction machine models to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, following the recent destruction of the organization’s toy warehouse in Dover, N.J., during Superstorm Sandy.

November 26, 2012

Roadbuilding

The wrath of Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy: Hitting close to home

The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.,The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.,The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.,The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.,The transportation and construction industries will have a lot of work in the coming weeks and months as the Northeast looks to cleanup, rebuild and repair the damage from the storm.

October 31, 2012