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Homeowner Frank Conrad, right, asked Ice Arena worker Michael Raab a question at the May 1 forum.
Another FEMA forum grows heated
For the second time in the six months since Hurricane Sandy devastated Long Beach, the city invited representatives from the nation’s disaster recovery agencies to a forum to address residents’ … more
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Legislator Dave Denenberg, holding microphone, and other local officials joined residents at an August rally in Mineola to protest a provision of the National Flood Insurance Program.
State to compensate Sandy victims affected by earth-movement exclusion
Hurricane Sandy victims whose flood insurance claims were denied due to an “earth movement” provision may soon see financial relief — but many warn that the fight against the provision is far … more
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Gov. Cuomo announced the project at a press conference in Long Beach last Sunday.
State to pay for crucial L.B. seawall
Gov. Andrew Cuomo stood in a spot that Hurricane Sandy flooded with eight feet of water as he announced last Sunday that the state would provide $13 million for the installation of both a seawall and … more
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Sandy showed Bay Park Sewage Plant shortcomings
Bay Park resident Nora Garcia-Osuna described what she found in her backyard after Hurricane Sandy as “mounds of hard, layered, crusted-over sewage” — the likes of which she had never seen … more
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State Sen. Dean Skelos said the bill would help Long Beach cover “extraordinary expenses” associated with Sandy.
Senate OKs $12 million bond measure for Long Beach
Two months after the State Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation that would allow the city to borrow millions of dollars in serial bonds to cover costs associated with Hurricane Sandy — and … more
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The West End, like many parts of Long Beach, was turned into a river when Hurricane Sandy hit.
In Long Beach, the 'overwhelming' cleanup after the storm
Standing just a few feet from an 8-foot-tall pile of debris at the end of Louisiana Street, Cheryl Ives paused for a moment as her neighbors carried large pieces of sheetrock, soggy insulation and … more
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Valley Stream residents were able to check their new flood zone designation when new maps were released on Jan. 2.
A three-year battle for flood map reform
It’s been a long and often bumpy road to get to this point, but Valley Streamers have finally gotten some closure on the flood zone issue with the release of revised maps three weeks ago by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. more
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City unveils new boardwalk design
Just weeks after the city held the last of a series of meetings in which it solicited residents’ input on rebuilding the boardwalk, officials unveiled a preliminary design of the structure at … more
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Barnes Street resident Kevin Reilly, showed how high the floodwater rose in his backyard during Sandy. He is appealing his NY Rising award.
Sandy victims rally for ‘adequate’ NY Rising funding
When Long Beach resident Kevin Reilly, a civil engineer who lives in the Canals, received his NY Rising award letter recently, he immediately noticed that something was wrong. Reilly and his … more
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Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown addresses a crowd in front of Oceanside School 8 Friday morning.
Oceanside rallies for restoration
Several hundred Oceanside residents — cold, angry and still without power — gathered at School 8 Friday morning to voice, and oftentimes scream, their disapproval of the efforts of the Long Island Power Authority and local politicians in the nearly two weeks since Hurricane Sandy devastated their homes and community. more
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