White House To Seek Emergency Sandy Funds

Billions in damages and not enough in the bank account — that’s where federal officials find themselves in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

The White House says it will send an emergency funding request to Capitol Hill this week — expected to be $50 billion to $60 billion. Top administrators told Congress on Wednesday that they want at least some of that money to go toward preventing the kind of devastation caused by Sandy and other recent storms.

The damage from what was dubbed Superstorm Sandy was enormous and widespread. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., testified before some of her Senate colleagues on the tally from her state alone.