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Hundreds of people gathered on the beach in June for the shooting of a commercial starring Long Beach native Billy Crystal that was used to promote the city in the aftermath of Sandy.

After an exhaustive marketing effort by Long Beach officials to attract visitors to town in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, City Manager Jack Schnirman described the summer after the storm as a … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/25/13 | 1 comment

Ninety-year-old Muzzy, of East Rockaway, shown here at a local rally, is living in a trailer on her property until her home can be rebuilt.

Still reeling from Sandy in East Rockaway

Kate Hughes says that her 90-year-old mother, “Muzzy” — as she’s known to her neighbors and friends — has been victimized twice: once by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, and again, for the … more

By Mary Malloy | 3/12/15 | 1 comment

City Council President Scott Mandel, far left, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, County Executive Ed Mangano, Sen. Charles Schumer and City Manager Jack Schnirman screwed in the last plank of the boardwalk.

$30M flowing to Long Beach

More than a month after the city marked the grand reopening of its iconic boardwalk, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced last week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/5/13 | 1 comment

The city will mark the beginning of the demolition process with a ceremony at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Grand Boulevard, two days after crews will began removing sections of the boardwalk, a project that officials said will take about a month.

City to demolish Long Beach's damaged boardwalk

Construction crews will begin removing Long Beach’s iconic boardwalk in January, after the 2.2-mile structure was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy. The city will mark the beginning of the … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/31/12 | 1 comment

Eight homes in the Canals were destroyed in a fire during Hurricane Sandy.

Army Corps looking into storm protection for the bay

The Army Corps of Engineers has secured federal funding to conduct a comprehensive coastal protection study of the East Coast that includes Reynolds Channel, in what U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 5/16/13 | 1 comment

County Executive Edward Mangano, center, along with representatives from every county department and FEMA, addressed the public earlier today from the county's Office of Emergency Management in Bethpage.

Mangano updates county in aftermath of Sandy

This afternoon, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano held a pres conference to update residents on the state of the county. Speaking from within the Office of Emergency Management in Bethpage, … more

By Alex Costello | 10/30/12 | 1 comment

Hurricane Sandy destroyed sections of the Long Beach boardwalk.

Long Beach residents face the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

"Cars were floating in the street — people said it was unlike anything they've ever seen before," said Long Beach resident Kiera Cohen, as she drove past a large, broken section of the boardwalk … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 10/30/12 | 1 comment

Rice sponsors bill to protect Sandy victims

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice co-sponsored legislation introduced earlier this month that would forgive debts incurred by Hurricane Sandy victims after the Federal Emergency Management Agency mistakenly overpaid them disaster relief funds. more

By Matthew Ern | 2/19/15 | 1 comment

Victims of Hurricane Sandy, like those pictured here in the days after the storm last October, can apply for financial assistance from the Robin Hood Foundation.

Robin Hood to the rescue

More than eight months have past since Hurricane Sandy devastated the South Shore, and while many residents have rebuilt their homes, plenty of others are still picking up the pieces. In an … more

By Brian Croce | 7/3/13 | 1 comment

A boat floated down the street to eventually rest in front of a Fifth Avenue home in Bay Park.

Hurricane Sandy lashes out

Very few people escaped the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, as the unprecedented storm left a path of destruction in her wake, causing floods, fires, downed trees and massive power outages — damage on a scale that many people said they had never seen in a lifetime of living on Long Island. more

By Mary Malloy and Brian Croce | 11/1/12 | 1 comment

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