SOLAR GENERATORS FOR ROCKAWAY

Fri, 2012-11-16 14:59 — LuLu2012

"While gas generators sit idle without gasoline in Rockaway Beach, solar generators that David cobbled together have been producing power nonstop from the second they hit the ground. Like a renewable Hail Mary into the impact zone, these devices have already been clutch." --Walter Meyer, Power Rockaway Resilience

http://www.indiegogo.com/PowerRockawaysResilience?fb_action_ids=4309476609733&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

1,000 PIZZAS COMING TO PS 114 - SATURDAY, 11/17/2012

Fri, 2012-11-16 12:44 — LuLu2012

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Sandy-Rockaways-Queens-Pizza-Rustic-Crust-179661431.html

THANKSGIVING MEAL BY L'OREAL PARIS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ROCKAWAY ~ TUESDAY, 11/20/2012

Fri, 2012-11-16 12:14 — LuLu2012

L'Oreal Paris is serving a warm Thanksgiving meal for the peeps of Far Rockaway on TUESDAY, 11/20/2012!!! They will also be playing games and doing arts and crafts with the children. 

VENUE:

Far Rockaway Branch Library 

1637 Central Avenue, Far Rockaway, NY 11691

Time: 12:00–4:00 p.m.

HOT LUNCH & IRISH MUSIC @ 12:30PM TODAY

Fri, 2012-11-16 10:01 — LuLu2012

ROCKAWAY- HOT LUNCH AND IRISH MUSIC at 12:30 on Rockaway Beach Blvd and 120th Street TODAY. Please tell your friends and neighbors, and take a plate to the elderly. please repost everywhere xoxox ~ Donna Miley-Figueroa via Rocakaway Relief Effort

Some Homes Condemned Following Raw Sewage Leak On Long Island’s South Shore

Fri, 2012-11-16 00:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Contractor: 'Stinks. You Can Smell The Sewage In It'

newyork.cbslocal.com - November 12, 2012

BETHPAGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – As the clean-up from superstorm Sandy continues, there is a new environmental concern that has sprouted up in some towns along the South Shore of Long Island.

The storm churned up debris, gasoline, home heating oil and other hazardous materials. Many homes and waterways were also inundated with raw sewage.

“They are neither addressing or acknowledging that raw sewage ran through our homes.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/12/some-homes-condemned-following-raw-sewage-leak-on-long-islands-south-shore/

OPERATION WARMING ROCKAWAY ~ SATURDAY, 11/17/2012

Fri, 2012-11-16 00:17 — LuLu2012

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR SATURDAY, 11/17/2012 TO HELP DISTRIBUTE BODY WARMERS...PLEASE COME & HELP OUT!

http://www.warmingrockaways.com/

MIKE TAYLOR ON ABCNEWS ~ 11/14/2012

Thu, 2012-11-15 21:58 — LuLu2012

ARTICLE ON ST. FRANCIS DE SALES & THIRD WAVE VOLUNTEERS IN THE EAST HAMPTON STAR ~ 11/15/2012

Thu, 2012-11-15 16:45 — LuLu2012

http://easthamptonstar.com/?q=News%2F20121115%2FMajor-Effort-Help-Rockaways

Video - Obama to Storm-Battered New Yorkers: 'You're Tough'

Thu, 2012-11-15 15:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news,

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ON MSNBC WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS ~ MONDAY, 11/14/2012

Thu, 2012-11-15 10:01 — LuLu2012

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news,

Spreadsheet Data on Elderly & Disabled in NYC

Thu, 2012-11-15 00:30 — Maeryn Obley

submitted by Samuel Bendett

There is a spreadsheet linked below that includes the status of every apartment in New York City belonging to an elderly person or a person with disabilities who is considered to be at risk. You will need to request permission to view the spreadsheet.

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Bloomberg Announces New NYC Disaster-Relief Centers

Thu, 2012-11-15 00:25 — Maeryn Obley

Michael Barretto, right, whose home was flooded and damaged in Sandy, applies for assistance at an NYC Restore location in Far Rockaway.

Image: Michael Barretto, right, whose home was flooded and damaged in Sandy, applies for assistance at an NYC Restore location in Far Rockaway.

nbcnewyork.com - November 13th, 2012 - Verena Dobnik

Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched seven new "restoration centers" Tuesday that he says will offer one-stop help to New Yorkers recovering from Sandy, with everything from supplies to long-term services.

"The task before us is massive," the mayor said at a news conference in Queens' hard-hit Rockaways.

Speaking in a storefront space that houses one of the centers, he said getting back to normal for people whose homes were wrecked could take months.

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