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The Long Beach community is asking the state to consider expanding medical services at the old Long Beach Medical Center, which has been closed since Hurricane Sandy.
Officials: Shuttered Long Beach Medical Center be used during coronavirus fight?
Long Beach Medical Center, shuttered since Superstorm Sandy in 2012, is without a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system, most windows are broken, and the basement occasionally fills with … more
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Christa Farmer, a Hofstra University professor, discussed the science behind climate change on Long Island.
GOSR, Hofstra offer coastal sustainability seminars
Hofstra University and the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery are partnering to provide environmental education to Long Island communities through a certification program. more
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Tony Libardi and Beth Cohen had to evacuate their Dalton Street home during Hurricane Sandy when floodwaters rose higher than 5 feet. They lost two houses that night.
City upgrades storm protection
On the eerily moonlit night of Oct. 29, 2012, when Hurricane Sandy roared through Long Beach like an out-of-control freight train, Tony Libardi and his life partner, Beth Cohen, thought they could … more
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Kyle R. McCarthy spoke to the audience after the premiere of his documentary "We Like It Here."
Long Beach locals remember Hurricane Sandy through art
The Long Beach Arts Council held a special event on Oct. 24 at the Long Beach Public Library to observe the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, which gave local artists and storm victims an opportunity … more
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Three years ago, West End resident Terri Dunbar hired a contractor named Fred Gutterman, of JBJ General Contracting, who, Dunbar said, did “a shoddy job” of elevating her house, and then abandoned the work and disappeared with her money. Above, Dunbar’s unfinished home in November 2017.
Stopping cheating contractors
Seven years after Hurricane Sandy tore through Long Beach and left many homeowners at the mercy of home improvement contractors, local officials introduced a bill on Monday to protect homeowners from … more
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Residents and officials say that NY Rising is “clawing back” thousands of dollars it awarded homeowners to help them elevate and rebuild their homes.
Gillibrand bill would end New York Rising ‘clawbacks’
Rosa Berland moved to Long Beach with her husband, Steve Leible, a New York City firefighter, and their two daughters a year before Hurricane Sandy destroyed their West End bungalow. Like many … more
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Let’s get L.I. resiliency projects going — now
Nearly seven years after Superstorm Sandy struck on a late-October night, Long Island communities are still rebuilding. Homes are up in the air . . . more
Congress must act to extend flood insurance
Long Islanders can empathize with the victims of Hurricane Dorian, which devastated the Bahamas and left extensive damage in parts of the Carolinas. Nearly seven years after Hurricane Sandy hit, fears of the next Big One are still palpable in communities like . . . more
Sen. Charles Schumer introduced his flood insurance reform bill at a news conference in Freeport on Wednesday. With him, from left, were Freeport Trustee Christopher Squeri, Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy, County Executive Laura Curran and Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen.
Schumer debuts flood bill
Nearly seven years after Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced the details of a new flood insurance reform bill that aims to protect New York residents from high flood insurance … more
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South Nassau Communities Hospital received approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals to move forward with plans to construct a $40 million medical arts pavilion on the former Long Beach Medical Center property.
Zoning board OKs site for Long Beach medical pavilion
The city’s Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday gave South Nassau Communities Hospital the OK to move forward with plans to build a $40 million medical pavilion on the former Long Beach Medical … more
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