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The city has teamed up with FEGS Health & Human Services to establish a Residential Rebuilding Assistance Program in Long Beach.
City launches new program to help Sandy victims
As the April 11 deadline to apply for the NY Rising Housing Recovery Program quickly approaches, the city has launched a program to help residents who are “still struggling to navigate through the … more
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Patricia Dougherty, left, with her mother, Cathy, brother, Patrick, and Robert Wright, all Island Park residents, rallied outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building last week.
NY Rising hears public comment
“I’m pissed — I worked three jobs my whole life, and I’m spending my kids’ college funds keeping this afloat,” said Robert Wright, a recently retired New York City firefighter from … more
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The Reilly’s home in the Canals, like many in Long Beach, look fine on the outside, though inside, most homes are still under various stages of construction.
Residents feel shortchanged by NY Rising
Long Beach officials are working on behalf of residents who are fighting for money from NY Rising, the state agency tasked with distributing federal grants for Hurricane Sandy victims. The … more
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Sen. Charles Schumer, with LBMC CEO Doug Meltzer, left, spoke inside the shuttered hospital's emergency department, which was ready to reopen last June.
Schumer: FEMA owes LBMC $100M for Sandy damage
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency Monday to release $100 million in Hurricane Sandy relief funds owed to Long Beach Medical Center, saying that bureaucratic … more
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The Long Beach branch sustained the most damage from Sandy.
Cuomo: MTA awarded $886.3M for post-Sandy rebuilding
Governor Cuomo announced last week that $886.3 million in federal funding was awarded to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to repair and rebuild infrastructure that was damaged by Hurricane … more
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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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The Bay Park plant, which sits just yards from the bay, was knocked out of service for 44 hours after Superstorm Sandy, and roughly 100 million gallons of untreated sewage overflowed into Long Island’s Hewlett Bay.
FEMA funds OK’d for sewage plant
In the wake of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement last Saturday that the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant will see at least $730 million in upgrades thanks to funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state government, residents are now hopeful that they will soon be rid of the loud, annoying noise of generators and the overpowering smell of sewage at Nassau County’s largest waste facility. more
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Vice President Joe Biden joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday as Cuomo unveiled a plan to rebuild New York’s infrastructure, making it more resilient in order to adapt to changing weather.
Planning for a ‘new reality’
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday unveiled a $17 billion plan to overhaul the state’s infrastructure in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, focusing on areas like transportation, weather prediction, … more
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In total, the city removed 156,664.6 cubic yards of debris generated by Sandy, most of which was transported to a makeshift transfer station at Nickerson Beach.
Long Beach to receive over $6M for Sandy cleanup
Long Beach is set to receive more than $6 million in federal funding for its Hurricane Sandy cleanup costs. U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced today that $6.67 million in … more
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Knights of Columbus members Ron Browne, left, Hank McCann and George Gentilesco in front of the construction site where the organization’s new headquarters is being rebuilt.
Knights of Columbus rising from the ashes
Twelve months ago, the heavily damaged headquarters of the Long Beach Knights of Columbus sat at the corner of West Beech Street and Minnesota Avenue, with nothing inside but piles of charred lumber … more
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