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Senator charles schumer held a press conference last October at a vacant property on East Hudson Street, where he urged FEMA to extend its statute of limitations for homeowners to file lawsuits against their flood insurance companies.
Flood insurance relief bill passes in the Senate
The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday that will protect tens of thousands of homeowners from facing huge flood insurance premium rate hikes. The Homeowner Flood Insurance … more
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City Manager Jack Schnirman said that the administration is taking steps outlined by Moody's that could lead to a rating increase.
Long Beach lifts fiscal crisis
Saying that Long Beach has avoided the fate of Detroit, the Long Beach City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lift its declaration of a fiscal crisis, after Moody’s Investors Service revised … more
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City Council members Eileen Goggin and Fran Adelson, far left, Legislator Dave Denenberg, Michele Mittleman, County Executive Ed Mangano and Legislator Denise Ford denounced the earth-movement exclusion clause in the NFIP program.
Rallying against FEMA ‘loophole’
“You should have been in your house nine months ago,” County Legislator Dave Denenberg (D-Merrick) told the crowd. “… [T]here was no earth moving, that was floodwaters. This has to … more
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The conference was hosted by the city and Schnirman was among the guest speakers.
Rethinking a post-Sandy future
Malcolm Bowman, a professor of marine and atmospheric sciences at Stony Brook University, showed the audience an image of a sand berm above a small village in the Netherlands, a country that is … more
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FEMA extends Transitional Sheltering Assistance program
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, at the request of the State of New York, has extended its Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program, which allows eligible Hurricane Sandy survivors … more
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Damian Amiruddin
A student's call for help
My name is Damian Amiruddin and I am a junior at East Rockaway High School. East Rockaway has two elementary schools and one junior/senior high school. We are a small, tight knit community that … more
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Honorary Chief William Myers
Heroes of Sandy recognized
With the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaching, Heartbreaking memories of devastation, tragedy and frustration are returning to the hearts and minds of those who experienced the … more
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A Red Cross volunteer served food to Jonathan Guzman in November, a Long Beach resident whose home was destroyed by Sandy.
Is Red Cross sitting on Sandy aid?
The Long Beach City Council called on the American Red Cross last week to speed up the release of millions of dollars in Hurricane Sandy donations that the charity has collected over the past seven … more
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Mayor Fran Murray and Deputy Mayor Nancy Howard spent the day after the storm assessing damage to Rockville Centre.
A year later, Rockville Centre looks to the future
Rockville Centre was lucky a year ago when it was spared the worst of the devastation from Hurricane Sandy, which left thousands without power and homes. “I would call it an inconvenience to … more
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Front Desk Agent Nicholas Horns fields customer calls.
Life after Sandy: an RVC hotel room
“I never want to stay in a motel again,” said Gerry. “We started out telling people we were staying in a hotel, and it was great. Then, as time went on, it became a motel, and then it became a FEMA motel.” more
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