Hudson Reporter Deadline extended for Hoboken Rebuild By Design Project Federal funding secure × Senator Bob Menendez, Mayor Ravi Bhalla, and Us Department of Housing and Urban Development Regional Administrator Lynn Patton toured the sites of the future Rebuild by Design Project's resist structure in March. While most people have kept a close eye on Washington D. C. and the latest omnibus-spending bill due to much-needed coronavirus relief, Hoboken has another reason to hope President Donald Trump signs it; Rebuild By Design. Thanks to U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, chair of the Sandy Task Force and ranking member of the Senate’s housing subcommittee, the more than 5,000-page bill now includes language that extends the funding deadline for the “Rebuild By Design” project which aims to make the city more resilient to storm surges.