Sentences with phrase «downstate homes damaged»

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- With New York officials now proposing to spend $ 400 million to buy and demolish downstate homes damaged by October's Superstorm Sandy, they say 646 buyout applications have been federally approved for $ 55 million in a buyout program for upstate properties damaged in 2011 by the back - to - back storms Irene and Lee.