Cuomo said that New York state had seen $32 billion in storm-related damage, and called the rebuilding plan a “wholesale reimagining” of the state’s critical infrastructure. It calls for more than 1,000 resiliency projects that will provide residents with the resources they need when disaster strikes, he said.

“What we went through was horrendous,” Cuomo said. “But at least we want to learn from it, and make sure we’re better prepared for it.”

The state’s electrical grid will be solidified under the new plan, with some wires moved underground and some substations elevated. Additionally, 10 new microgrids will be added to the system, which have the ability to disconnect from the main power grid in the event of an outage and operate independently.

Cuomo singled out the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which was flooded by nine feet of water during Sandy and dumped 200 million gallons of raw sewage into local waterways. He acknowledged that, because the electrical systems and engines were destroyed by floodwaters, there was nothing the plant could do to prevent the problem, and he said that facilities like Bay Park would receive funds to build dikes, levees and movable floodwalls to protect against future storm surge.

Schnirman said that the plan’s strategic fuel reserve would help prevent the long lines for gas that many Long Islanders had to contend with after Sandy. New York has already created the nation’s first state-based strategic fuel supply, with a 3 million gallon gas reserve on Long Island. To prevent future supply disruptions, the reserve will be expanded statewide under the plan, and gas stations along critical routes will be required to have generators available if they lose power.

The plan will also create a Citizen First Responder Corps, similar to Long Beach’s recently enacted Neighborhood Emergency Team program. Beginning this month, the New York National Guard and the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services will offer free emergency-response training in communities statewide, with the goal of training 100,000 New Yorkers.