Sandy's damage to LI parks in millions

Originally published: November 1, 2012 9:19 PM
Updated: November 1, 2012 10:02 PM
By BILL BLEYER bill.bleyer@newsday.com

Photo credit: James Carbone | A demolished boardwalk at Field 5 at Robert Moses State Park in West Islip. (Nov. 1, 2012)

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Repairing superstorm Sandy's damage at Long Island's state parks will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, including $50 million just to rebuild the mangled Jones Beach boardwalk, officials estimate.

"It's sobering. It's devastating," Rose Harvey, commissioner of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, said after spending much of Thursday touring Jones Beach and other...

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