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Langone Medical Center is set to receive more Sandy recovery aid.
Senator Charles Schumer announced that the NYU facility will get more than a billion dollars for repair and fortification work.
The money will come as a lump sum from the federal government.
“NYU Hospital is a critical nonprofit institution that sustained massive damage in Superstorm Sandy, and this award will enable them to fully recover and provide world-class health care to countless New Yorkers,” he said in a statement.
About $540 million of the money will go for repairs to fix mechanical damage, the building’s management systems, fire alarms, the fire protection system and other areas while $589 million will go for flood mitigation construction such as exterior flood doors, reinforced walls, and pumps.
The hospital lost power and had to quickly evacuate its staff and patients during the Oct. 29, 2012, storm after it was flooded. It reopened its emergency room in April.
Agencies/Canadajournal
