NEW YORK, Nov 26 (Reuters) - New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo estimated Hurricane Sandy caused ${esc.dollar}32.8 billion in damage and will require an additional ${esc.dollar}9.1 billlion in mitigation and prevention costs for a total of ${esc.dollar}41.9 billion with about half that damage in New York City.
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Following are numbers published by the governor's office:
* Housing units damaged or destroyed: 305,000
* Power outages (peak): 2.19 million
* Business affected: 265,300
Recovery costs:
* Government response: ${esc.dollar}1.6 billion
* Individual assistance: ${esc.dollar}913 million
* Housing: ${esc.dollar}9.7 billion
* Business impact: ${esc.dollar}6 billion
* Health: ${esc.dollar}3.1 billion
* Schools: ${esc.dollar}343 million
* Transit, roads and bridges: ${esc.dollar}7.3 billion
* Parks and environment: ${esc.dollar}794 million
* Water, waste and sewer: ${esc.dollar}1.1 billion
* Utilities: ${esc.dollar}1.5 billion
* Government operation revenue: ${esc.dollar}462 million
TOTAL RECOVERY COSTS: ${esc.dollar}32.8 billion
PREVENTION AND MITIGATION (not detailed): ${esc.dollar}9.1 billion
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by M.D. Golan)
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