NYC’s Sandy home repair program starts 535 projects
A Superstorm Sandy home-repair effort that was criticized for a sluggish start has now begun work on 535 homes, surpassing a goal set to show a turnaround, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.
Much more work remains for the Build It Back program — an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 homes are eligible for repairs or reimbursements — but the mayor said the progress so far is “putting Build it Back back on track.”
“Part one was to get this program moving. It had been dead in the water,” he said after an unrelated news conference.