Gillibrand won her bid for re-election in 2008 over former New York Secretary of State Sandy Treadwell, by a 62% to 38% margin.
"Most soil in the state is sandy loam," said Mr. Bugbee.
"What the bill does in its current state renders Sandy invisible," Sharon Cooper, Bland's sister, told the AP.
Later, the state's Sandy recovery czar and a Christie spokesman told reporters that Hoboken, its residents and businesses received their fair share of federal aid money — $70 million in all.
Though many initially saw Darling as one of the more secure Republicans facing a recall election, recent polls have shown that her race against state Rep. Sandy Pasch (D) is quite close.
Pine forests, often intermixed with oaks, are found extensively on the state's sandier soils.
Elections officials in states that Hurricane Sandy hit last week are scrambling to make it possible for registered voters to cast ballots on Tuesday after storm damage and power failures displaced many residents and made polling places unusable.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey held court with admirers as he took his first out-of-state trip since Hurricane Sandy eviscerated his state last month.
The state's light sandy soils are excellent for growing peanuts (groundnuts), a major export.
After Sandy, state and city leaders invoked the mantra that New Yorkers are tough in facing the worst of times.
"The M.T.A. happens to be one of the few things that was run well since Sandy," State Senator Martin J. Golden of Brooklyn said.
