Six weeks after Hurricane Sandy, the city remains starkly divided. In much of Manhattan, it seems like nothing happened. In substantial portions of Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Queens, however, much of the damage waits to be repaired, stores wait to be reopened, and people wait to return home. This storm has made clear the vulnerability [...]
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After Sandy, the little newspaper that could
Publisher Susan Locke works on the computer in the ruined offices of The Rockaway Wave, while general manager Sandy Bernstein tries to keep the phone lines working. Never has the name of The Wave, the weekly newspaper of the Rockaways, seemed so apt. “Wave of Fire, Wall of Water,” read the headline atop The Wave on Friday. [...]
Video: Helping pets impacted by Sandy
The Suffolk County SPCA made sure pets affected by Superstorm Sandy had food by traveling around the areas passing out supplies.
A very solar Thanksgiving in the Rockaways
Since Hurricane Sandy, the historic Belle Harbor Yacht Club in the Rockaways—one of New York City’s hardest-hit neighborhoods—has become an indispensable hub for supplies, volunteers, and a much-needed round of drinks. Three weeks after the storm, the oft-maligned Long Island Power Authority still hasn’t re-connected this building, not to mention its neighbors, back to the [...]
Waterfront Crabhouse to claw its way back, again
On this day of giving thanks, the owner of the Waterhouse Crabhouse certainly is. The Monday that Hurricane Sandy hit, Anthony Mazzarella closed his landmark Long Island City restaurant early and called his daughter Kris to say he’d be coming home to Rockland County. Water had flooded the basement, submerging the storage room, the freezer, [...]
60 minutes: Sandy’s destruction in Belle Harbor
In Belle Harbor, N.Y., the only force greater than the devastation of Hurricane Sandy is the determination of the community. Scott Pelley reports for 60 minutes.
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