NORTH BERGEN – U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker announced $2,651,275.80 in federal Sandy relief grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance grant to repair the Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen and a police station in Mantoloking damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
The grant awarded $1,222,154.10 to Palisades Medical Center to mitigate the hospital backup generators that were destroyed as a result of the storm. Another $1,429,121.70 was awarded to repair the Mantoloking police station and borough offices damaged by the storm.
“More than two years after Superstorm Sandy, communities in New Jersey are still recovering from its devastation,” said Booker. “The Federal funding announced today will bring two public facilities yet another step closer to full recovery so they can continue to provide essential services to the communities they serve.”
“It’s vital that life-saving community resources – like police stations and hospitals – are rebuilt better and stronger than before the storm,” said Menendez.
President Obama signed the Superstorm Sandy Supplemental Appropriations bill into law two years ago, bringing the total Sandy aid enacted by Congress to $60.2 billion. The funding package included federal aid to help homeowners, businesses, and communities recover, and resources to rebuild coastal, transportation, and water infrastructure
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