Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today toured the World Trade Center with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Executive Director Patrick Foye, and other federal and state officials to view the site’s progress in recovering from damage sustained during Superstorm Sandy. The Port Authority has spent more than $100 million on repair and mitigation measures throughout the site and has approved more than $300 million in additional repair and mitigation funding.

“Superstorm Sandy caused significant damage at the World Trade Center, but in the year since then we have made considerable progress toward both rebuilding and strengthening the site for future extreme weather,” Governor Cuomo said. “From the innovative approach of using security bollards to aid a flood barrier to raising electrical equipment and waterproofing materials, the improvements that have been identified over the past year will be key to responding to the next major storm.”

“We have made tremendous progress in continuing to rebuild the World Trade Center site over the past year,” said Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye. “Under the Governor’s direction, we continue to implement innovative mitigation measures to protect the site from future superstorms.”

(YWN Newsdesk – NYC)