'We need help,' Cuomo says, lobbying Congress

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appealed to Congress on Monday for billions in aid to assist the state's recovery effort following superstorm Sandy. Estimated damages are between $40 and $50 billion.

By Ian Simpson,?Reuters / December 3, 2012

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, (c.), listens to Rep. Eliot Engel, D-NY, following a news conference with the New York Congressional delegation as he comes to the Capitol in Washington to press officials for billions of dollars in aid to help his state recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, Monday.

J. Scott Applewhite/AP

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New York?Governor?Andrew Cuomo?lobbied?Congress?on Monday for billion of dollars to help rebuild from Superstorm Sandy, saying the?U.S. House?leader wanted a reconstruction bill passed by year's end.

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Cuomo, a Democrat, put the damage from the late October storm at $40 billion to $50 billion for?New York?alone, with the total likely to rise.

"We need help. These are big numbers, even for?New York," he told a news conference while flanked by members of the state's congressional delegation.

After meeting?White House?aides,?House of Representatives?Speaker?John Boehner?and other congressional leaders, Cuomo said Boehner wanted a supplemental spending bill on Sandy costs passed by the end of the year.

Congressional aides said there has been no clear consensus on its size. But they said it would likely be far less than the nearly $80 billion?New York?and?New Jersey, the states most heavily hit by Sandy, are seeking combined.

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