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As a record rainfall continued through Tuesday night, and then through the next morning, one couldn’t help but think of Superstorm Sandy and the approximately $65 billion in damages it wrought.
Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty was no different. “Every event is eye-opening,” he said. “We know the implications of a major storm.”
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By Tom Jordan
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8/20/14
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“Green” infrastructure is the hallmark of the plan to protect residents of South Valley Stream from future storms. Local leaders are eager to get the project started, which would be funded through the New York Rising program.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/14/14
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The New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program’s Baldwin, Freeport, Bellmore-Merrick, Seaford-Wantagh, and Massapequa planning committees will hold a public meeting on May 8 to showcase their final project proposals.
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5/2/14
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South Valley Steam’s Community Reconstruction Program received some good news last week to the tune of $3 million in additional New York Rising funding from the state.
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By Brian Croce
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4/30/14
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The New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program’s Bellmore-Merrick Planning Committee, a group of 12 local residents the state selected to develop a plan for how to use $12.1 million in available federal funding to lessen future catastrophic storms’ impact here, has settled on five projects that it will pitch to the state.
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By Brian Racow
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3/26/14
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The next meeting of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program's Bellmore-Merrick Planning Committee will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, at Levy- Lakeside School, at 21 Babylon Road. More information is available at http://stormrecovery.ny.gov.
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2/27/14
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A committee of local residents and a team of private consultants, tasked with developing a plan for “new infrastructure and other mitigation” in Bellmore and Merrick to lessen the impact of future catastrophic storms, have produced a list of “potential priority projects,” which in the next few weeks they must narrow down to five to 10 shovel-ready projects that could qualify for $12 million in government funding.
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By Brian Racow
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1/29/14
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The South Merrick Community Civic Association will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the Merrick Road Park golf course clubhouse, at 2550 Clubhouse Road.
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1/27/14
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In what may be the most comprehensive planning effort to remake the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a committee of residents representing a cross-section of the community released a 32-page …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/20/13
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A year after Hurricane Sandy slammed the South Shore, wreaking destruction and upending lives, a committee the state created to help Bellmore and Merrick plan for future storms held its first “public engagement” meeting last week, and 40 or so residents shared their thoughts on what steps the state should take to help with that planning.
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By Brian Racow
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10/31/13
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