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The Long Beach City Council is calling on NY Rising to cut more red tape for homeowners who are trying to elevate and return home, saying that recent changes to the program have set the process back.
City Council calls for changes to NY Rising
The City Council expressed its ongoing frustration with New York Rising last week, calling on the agency to cut more red tape that has brought the recovery process to a standstill for many homeowners, more than two years after Hurricane Sandy. more
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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
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Long Beach received $2.7 million in federal funding this week that covers 90 percent of the city’s cost of purchasing new transportation vehicles to replace buses destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
L.B. receives $2.7 million for new buses
Long Beach received $2.7 million in Federal Transit Administration emergency relief funds this week that reimburses the city for eight buses and vehicles damaged in the Hurricane Sandy. more
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The 16th annual Long Beach Polar Bear Super Bowl Splash is set for Sunday, Feb. 1.
Yes, the Polar Bear Splash is still on
This week’s snowstorm hasn’t dampened the spirits of the Long Beach Polar Bears, who plan to go ahead with their annual Super Bowl Splash this Sunday, Feb. 1. “It is coming after a … more
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Brendan Murray, Herald reporter
I'm from here — which I don't say enough
It was Sunday night just before Halloween, and I was headed to the grocery store in an attempt to further put off my homework after neglecting it to dress up like a spaceman for the weekend. I … more
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Barry with Sharon Friend of Project Hope, with whom he credits with helping him regain hope after Hurricane Sandy
With a little help from his friends
After Hurricane Sandy, I was lost. I had been hurt on the job just a few months before the storm, and I was unable to move anything. I lost a lifetime of treasures in the storm, including my high … more
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Seven kids and five adults stayed in the Guerrieres’ home on Milburn Avenue the night of Hurricane Sandy. When the home began to flood, life jackets were taken out as a safety measure.
Sandy memories still fresh
It’s been two years since the storm hit. Two years since water and sewage flowed into hundreds of Baldwin homes. Two years since long lines began forming at local gas stations, and the power … more
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Stephen Conklin outside his Sandy-damaged Sands Lane house in January. ten months later, he has yet to move back home.
Still not home after Sandy
I’ll be home for Christmas. Two Seaford residents — one a disabled veteran and the other a disabled 9/11 New York City firefighter — are hoping to be back in their homes by Christmas. more
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Erin Bianco received CVS electronic gift card donations from those who wanted to contribute to relief efforts. They raised more than $3,500 in these cards
A silver lining for East Rockaway after the storm
Erin Bianco, a Lynbrook resident who lived in East Rockaway when the storm hit, said she would remember the kindness and charity the storm brought out. “The silver lining in all of this was when … more
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Homeowners continue repairing their home that were damaged in Hurricane Sandy. Meadowmere Park residents Joyce Roman, and her son, Jerry, 11, in the renovated kitchen of their West Avenue house.
Overcoming the post-Sandy struggles
Homeowners in communities such as Meadowmere Park and Inwood continue to rebuild and repair their homes nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy. more
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