The measure—which will fund efforts including climate change mitigation, flood risk reduction, infrastructure resilience and drinking-water protection—also includes a prevailing wage requirement.
New York City has spent about 75% of its Sandy recovery funds, but officials say they will need more to protect against future regional impacts from storms and sea level rise.
State officials select plans for onshore-only grid expansion, eyeing later 'backbone' projects at sea using federal funds, as New England regulator rejects developer requests for project review pause due to claimed need to renegotiate power supply deal