New York – New York City has spent $85.4 million so far on emergency contracts in response to superstorm Sandy, city Comptroller John Liu said on Monday, nearly tripling an earlier estimate.
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As of Nov. 5, the contracts approved for the response, recovery and relief efforts associated with Sandy totaled $85.4 million, up $29.2 million on Oct. 31.
The repair of damaged beaches, from Manhattan to Coney Island and the Rockaways, was the single highest item, totaling nearly $30.4 million so far. The comptroller said that further updates on the post-Sandy expenses will be issued in coming days.
$30.4 million dollars spent in six days taking care of beaches!?!?
That sounds outrageously high based on my uneducated guesses.
The most expensive part of fixing a beach is the tractors. Lets pretend that the city hired 500 tractors and paid them each $3,000 a DAY for six days, the total comes out to a mere $9 million dollars. And I think I exaggerated how many tractors are in use and how much a tractor drivers gets paid per day
When there is a disaster overseas, the US gives financial and other support. How many countries have helped with this disaster?
This is a low number.
Just wait until the NYPD overtime is calculated at the next pay period!
We are all going to pay for this disaster in higher taxes!! Mark my words…