NY gov disappointed by House inaction on Sandy aid

Print Page Updated: 05:33:24 PM, Wed 02 January 2013

ALBANY, N.Y. () — New York Gov. says he's disappointed that failed to vote as expected on an aid package for damage from Superstorm , but he expects a vote soon.

Cuomo says Wednesday, hours after the House of Representatives failed to act on the package, that the House inaction is "inexcusable."

The U.S. Senate approved a $60.4 billion measure Friday. The Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee has drafted $27 billion measure for recovery from the late October storm that damaged or destroyed 305,000 housing units and more than 265,000 businesses in New York.

Rep. Peter King, a Long Island Republican, says the state can't afford the government costs from the storm without federal aid.

King called the failure to vote in the House a "knife in the back" to New Yorkers.

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