“Following Superstorm Sandy, this city administration was responsible for managing a monumental sand and debris removal procedure,” City Council President Scott Mandel said in a statement. “We thank Senators Schumer and Gillibrand for cutting through the bureaucracy and expediting the reimbursement process. The federal funding that we will now receive covers significant costs we incurred and is another important step towards rebuilding stronger, smarter and safer.”

Thirteen months ago, Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited Long Beach and announced that the city and Nassau County would receive more than $40 million to help cover storm cleanup costs. Long Beach received $24.3 million in funding secured through a FEMA public assistance grant, which covered, among other costs, 75 percent of the county’s overtime for 270 employees and the rental of heavy-duty wood chippers to reduce the volume of debris.

Last July, FEMA awarded the New York State Department of Transportation $19.8 million to reimburse it for the costs of collection, removal and disposal of storm debris on Long Island. Then, in October, Cuomo announced that the state would cover the city’s portion of $42 million in boardwalk rebuilding costs that FEMA would not, so the financial burden would not fall to taxpayers.

A FEMA spokesman said that the costs of public-assistance projects are usually shared among the agency, the state and the municipality, and that FEMA is paying as much of the cost of the boardwalk as it can, $33.5 million. Cuomo said the state would use federal block grant funds to cover the other $9.3 million.

Also in October, FEMA said that more than $31 million had been given to Long Beach for emergency work and repairs to its wastewater pump stations and fire hydrants.