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to lease parkland to USTA BY PHILIP NEWMAN Sandy. from the hurricane, which The process will start struck more than seven BY JOE ANUTA New York City will next month and registra- months ago. provide more than $640 tion has already begun. The Rockaways and A controversial bill that would help trans- million in federal money to Mayor Michael Broad Channel were dev- fer Queens parkland to the United States Tennis help thousands in the city, Bloomberg announced at astated by the superstorm, Association was introduced in Albany Monday Mayor Michael Bloomberg (c.) takes including residents of the City Hall Monday that the leaving such severe dam- without any names attached, although a source questions on the NYC Build It Back ini- Rockaways and other parts program, Build It Back, will age behind that empty said it was written by the mayor’s office. tiative at City Hall in Manhattan. of Queens still struggling include grants and loans to homes and shuttered busi- Continued on Page 10 Photo courtesy Michael Bloomberg to recover from Hurricane New Yorkers recovering Continued on Page 10

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