NOAA Map - New England 48-Hour Maximum Wave Height - February 8, 2013

Thu, 2013-02-07 13:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

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PlowNYC

Thu, 2013-02-07 12:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

nyc.gov

PlowNYC was created to allow the public to track the progress of Department of Sanitation clearing operations throughout the five boroughs. Enter your address in the spaces below to view your street's snow removal category or to track the progress of City plows during a snow event.

(GO to PlowNYC and scroll down)

Bloomberg: I’ll support Gov. Cuomo’s casino plan, ‘whatever he decides to do’

Thu, 2013-02-07 11:00 — mdmcdonald

      

Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Although Mayor Bloomberg has stated publicly that he does not like the idea of gambliing in New York, he is supporting Governor Cuomo's casino plan, as long as a portion of the revenues come to New York City.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bloomberg-support-gov-cuomo-casino-plan-decides-article-1.997561

The Hotel "Solution" Calamity for Hurricane Sandy Victims

Wed, 2013-02-06 11:47 — Amanda Cole
Articles submitted by Naomi Rothwell:
 

TODAY @ NOON: Join Deputy Administrator Rich Serino as he hosts the next FEMA Think Tank Conference Call

Wed, 2013-02-06 11:36 — Amanda Cole
Submitted by Deanna Bitetti

Unmet Needs Roundtables

Mon, 2013-02-04 22:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Peter B. Gudaitis

unmetneedsroundtable.org

MISSION STATEMENT

Building the capacity of case workers and donors to match the unmet needs of disaster impacted people with resources that ensure a client’s sustainable recovery on a case-by-case basis

About Unmetneedroundtable.Org

Documentary Trailer - "Storm Surge: The Film"

Sun, 2013-02-03 17:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

stormsurgefilm.com

Storm Surge is a feature documentary profiling selfless people who take extraordinary actions to help their respective communities rebuild and recover after experiencing the deadliest and most destructive disasters in American history – from super tornadoes, to the lingering impacts of hurricanes, oil spills, and the Great Recession.

Post-Sandy Real Estate A Different World In The Rockaways

Wed, 2013-01-30 23:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Dennis Saleeby

CBS News- January 29, 2013

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Parts of the Rockaways were lined with oceanfront dream homes just months ago, but following Superstorm Sandy, they have been left falling apart.

“I looked at my husband and I remember saying, ‘I lost my business,’” said Lisa Jackson, a real estate agent with Rockaway Properties. “We lost so many homes.”

Jackson once showed shining houses on the sea. Now, she has no choice but to sell homes torn to pieces.

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First Overwhelmed by the Hurricane, Now Struggling to Fight Off the Cold

Wed, 2013-01-30 11:22 — LuLu2012

Housing

Photo by Todd Heisler

nytimes.com - by Sarah Maslin Nir - January 23rd, 2013

Submitted by Nick Shufro

It was too cold for Daniel Choi to stay in his storm-gutted home in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, so he left his two pet turtles, Michelangelo and Leonardo, behind to move in temporarily with friends. But on Wednesday, when he stopped by his home to feed them, he made an upsetting discovery. Plummeting temperatures in the still-heatless house had left the two turtles frozen under a sheet of ice.

NY legislative leaders not sold on Cuomo casino plan

Wed, 2013-01-30 09:58 — Amanda Cole

submitted by Dennis Saleeby

Wednesday January 30, 2013 1:32 PM By Yancey Roy

State legislative leaders aren’t embracing Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal to limit new casinos to three upstate locations -- and say Long Island and New York City should be in the mix.

Cuomo huddled with Senate and Assembly leaders for about 90 minutes Wednesday to discuss casinos and other issues. Afterward they said talks on an expansion of gambling were still “evolving.”

But legislators...

For more, see link:

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/ny-legislative-leaders-not-sold-on-cuomo-casino-plan-1.4535204

Music Video - Song for Rockaway (Ain't No One Here But Us Volunteers) - by Amanda Cole

Tue, 2013-01-29 23:53 — Kathy Gilbeaux

from Amanda Cole . . .

This song is for my fellow volunteers who did time in Rockaway, NY that first few weeks after Hurricane Sandy, and for all the folks who are struggling still in freezing/moldy homes, and within a system that needs to catch up to their life threatening needs, hear them out, and help them now, before another ice-block week passes.

Song for Rockaway (Ain't No One Here But Us Volunteers)

Obama Signs $50.5 Billion Sandy Relief Bill

Tue, 2013-01-29 17:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CBS News - January 29, 2013

LONG BEACH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday night signed the $50.5 billion Sandy relief package into law.

Obama also designated storm relief funding as an emergency requirement.

The bill sends $50.5 billion in federal aid to 12 states hit by Sandy.

The allotments break down thusly:

• $11.5 billion to replenish disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

• $10.9 billion for transit systems;

• $5.4 billion to rebuild and protect coastlines;

• $16 billion in community grants for businesses and homeowners.

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Deadlines extended for FEMA registration and Transitional Sheltering Assistance program in New York

Tue, 2013-01-29 16:00 — LuLu2012

FEMA logo

 

Submitted By Naomi Rothwell via Peter Corless

Unexpected Focus at a Mayoral Forum

Tue, 2013-01-29 12:28 — LuLu2012

Mayoral Forum

Photo by Richard Perry

nytimes.com - by Michael M.Grynbaum - January 24th, 2013

This year’s campaign for New York City mayor was expected to turn on police tactics, education policy and economic development.

 

On Thursday, six of the leading candidates in the race found themselves discussing something different: mold.

The hazardous fungus, and its proliferation in homes and neighborhoods damaged by Hurricane Sandy, took center stage at a Brooklyn church during a forum on housing policy, an early clash in a race whose candidates are still looking for ways to stand out.

Towns’ Next Hit From Hurricane Is to Tax Revenue

Tue, 2013-01-29 11:58 — LuLu2012

Damaged Home

Photo by Robert Stolarik

nytimes.com - by Alison Leigh Cowan - January 24th, 2013

Localities across the New York region, already reeling from the cost of cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy, are confronting the prospect of an even bigger blow to their finances: a precipitous decline in property tax revenues.

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