Bloomberg Announces New NYC Disaster-Relief Centers

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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