Rockaway Residents to Congress: Walk a Mile in Our Shoes

By beachtar  |  Posted January 12, 2013  |  Belle Harbor, New York

Rockaway, NY residents spoke with their voices and with their feet today to focus attention on what they perceive to be a blatant case of foot dragging on Sandy relief on the part of the U.S. Congress. The event they staged was “Walk a Mile in Our Shoes” and it was designed to send a message to this fractious Congress that they will not be ignored and they will not go away.

In 2005 a bill to provide $50 billion in aid to Hurricane Katrina victims breezed through Congress in just 10 days, over the dissent of only 11 House members. 

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