Far Above the Flooding, Yet Still Feeling a Hurricane’s Sting

Fri, 2012-12-07 11:36 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Coming Back: A View of the Rockaways: A month after Hurricane Sandy, residents of a low-income housing development in Queens are still coping with a loss of power and water shut-offs.  By Sarah Maslin Nir and Emma Cott

The New York Times - By Sarah Maslin Nir - December 7, 2012

How the Coastline Became a Place to Put the Poor

Mon, 2012-12-03 00:00 — LuLu2012

City's Coastline

Photo by Meyer Liebowitz

nytimes.com - by Jonathan Mahler - December 3rd, 2012

In retrospect, after the storm, it looked like a perverse stroke of urban planning. Many of New York City’s most vulnerable people had been housed in its most vulnerable places: public housing projects along the water, in areas like the Rockaways, Coney Island, Red Hook and Alphabet City.

How is it possible that the same winding, 538-mile coastline that has recently been colonized by condominium developers chasing wealthy New Yorkers, themselves chasing waterfront views, had been, for decades, a catch basin for many of the city’s poorest residents? The answer is a combination of accident, grand vision and political expedience.

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NYC Rapid Repairs / NYC Restore / conEdison - Restoring Service

Sat, 2012-12-01 21:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Gary Vroegindewey

http://uwua1-2.org/

NYC Rapid Repairs is a program to make your home safe for return. The City is working with contractors to assess damage to your home from Hurricane Sandy and make the necessary repairs so that you and your family can have safe power and heat in your home. NYC Rapid Repairs is a program for property owners in the five boroughs. If you rent your home and there are unsafe conditions, call 311.

To be eligible for this program, your home must be deemed structurally safe by the NYC Department of Buildings as denoted by a Yellow or Green placard on your door, or no placard at all. You can still sign up for NYC Rapid Repairs if there is a Red placard on your door, but additional repairs will be necessary before your home is deemed structurally safe. If you have any questions about what you need to do to transition your home from a Red to a Yellow or Green placard, call 311.

NYC Rapid Repairs (page 1 of 5 .PDF pages)
http://uwua1-2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CLICK-HERE-to-read-some-helpful-repairs-information.pdf

Sandy Recovery: Staten Island Residents Frustrated

Fri, 2012-11-30 12:03 — Kathy Gilbeaux

ABC News - November 30, 2012

Angry crowd packs town hall meeting, upset over lack of help after the storm.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/sandy-recovery-staten-island-residents-frustrated-17848169

Friends of Rockaway Beach to rally this Sunday, at 1 p.m. on Beach 86th St., to get residents, beach-lovers and elected officials refocused on their “Demand the Sand” campaign.

Fri, 2012-11-30 10:46 — LuLu2012

Citizen Group

Just hours after Superstorm Sandy devastated Rockaway Beach, someone angrily spray-painted a message on the wall of a battered handball court:

“John Cori warned you.”

Cori, who grew up down the street on Beach 92nd St., has spent the past few years advocating for beach replenishment, new jetties and other reforms to protect the dangerously eroded shoreline.

The 49-year-old contractor does not fancy himself a soothsayer.

FOOD TRUCK Update for TODAY - November 30th, 2012

Fri, 2012-11-30 10:41 — LuLu2012

food truck

Staten Island Sandy Victims Frustrated After Being Turned Away From Storm Recovery Meeting

Fri, 2012-11-30 10:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Hard-Hit Residents Say They Just Want To Know When They Can Rebuild

CBS News - November 29, 2012

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Buried under a mountain of debt and debris, one month to the day after Sandy, storm survivors are struggling to adjust to a new reality.

Residents are still trying to figure out where to live and if they can rebuild. Their frustrations were felt Thursday night on Staten Island at a meeting so packed many people had to be turned away.

Hundreds of victims jammed the auditorium at New Dorp High School beyond capacity, forcing hundreds of others into a hallway, fueling frustrations, CBS 2′s Emily Smith reported.

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Investigation: Container Ships for Use as FEMA Housing?

Fri, 2012-11-30 07:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Dennis Saleeby

by Jim Hoffer - November 30, 2012

NEW YORK (WABC) -- FEMA has been struggling to find housing for thousands of people who can't live in their homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Sources say the government is now looking at using some type of vessels for temporary housing in coastal areas where so many homes were destroyed.

Anger over a lack of temporary housing for storm victims appears to be growing.

Gerritsen Beach Residents Want FEMA Trailers

Thu, 2012-11-29 19:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Melissa Berman

by Jim Hoffer - November 29, 2012

GERRITSEN BEACH (WABC) -- There are serious, new questions about relief operations stemming from Hurricane Sandy.

FEMA is spending hundreds of millions of your tax dollars to buy trailers to provide emergency housing in case of disasters.

But with thousands of houses either destroyed or badly damaged by Sandy, why haven't those trailers been brought to our area?

The Rockaways Volunteers Thank You Party hosted by Brett Scudder

Thu, 2012-11-29 10:59 — LuLu2012

volunteer party

Direct Subway Service To Return To Rockaways In Mid-2013 via NY1.com

Thu, 2012-11-29 10:41 — LuLu2012

MTA ServiceDirect subway service is not expected to return to the Rockaways in Queens until the middle of 2013, according to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority source. NY1's Michael Herzenberg filed the following report.

 

Expect to wait until summer for the Rockaways commute to return to normal.

Hurricane Sandy almost totally destroyed the A train tracks in Broad Channel, which connect the peninsula to the rest of the city.

Sandy May Have Shutdown Rockaway Business for good via NBCNews.com

Thu, 2012-11-29 10:36 — LuLu2012

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/50002067/#50002067

Sandy may have shut down Rockaway businesses for good

Up to 50 percent of local businesses may never reopen in the Rockaways, a beach community in Queens, was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. These mom and pop shops rely on the holiday season to survive, but they don’t have the funds to get back on their feet fast enough for December’s influx of shoppers. NBC’s Katy Tur reports.

FOOD TRUCK Update for TODAY - November 29th, 2012

Thu, 2012-11-29 10:25 — LuLu2012

food truck

“We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.”- Bill Richardson

Laser Rainbow Tribute to Sandy Victims

Thu, 2012-11-29 10:02 — LuLu2012

rainbow

35-mile-long rainbow laser pays tribute to NY Sandy victims

14 hrs ago

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