Rockaways Recovery From Hurricane Sandy

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: Freshly spread piles of sand sit along the beach January 17, 2013 where a boardwalk had been removed after being damaged during Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaways January 17, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York. A $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package was voted through the House of Representatives recently. The funding would be spent on New York and New Jersey transit systems and for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief fund. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)