The post-Sandy repair process for N.Y.C.'s Bellevue Hospital took a lot longer than that for the nearby VA.
Both facilities were severely damaged, but the rebuilding of the two facilities were funded through different paths. The city's took a lot longer, leading the mayor to announce a deal five months before the details were finalized, according to an article on the WNYC new website.
The Veterans Administration worked up its cost estimate just weeks after the October 2012 storm hit. Being a federal entity, the VA took the estimate directly to Congress, which worked it into the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, passed in January 2013.
But the city’s hospitals had to go through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fairly quickly after the storm, the hospitals made basic repairs and resumed normal service levels. But about a year ago, city officials were still without new flood protection measures.
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