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Moody’s Investors Service is calling a federally funded coastal protection project for the barrier island a “credit positive” for Long Beach that will help the city continue its trend of … more
Sen. Charles Schumer announced last Friday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could begin work on a $180 million coastal protection project for the barrier island this fall, after he received … more
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
Residents and environmentalists have long urged county and state officials to be more aggressive in their efforts to upgrade Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants. more
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Friday that the state will cover the portion of the Long Beach boardwalk rebuild that the Federal Emergency Management Agency refuses to pay for, so that the financial … more
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, the third-highest-ranking member of the Senate’s Democratic majority, spoke at a news conference on Monday in the driveway of a south Merrick home, calling on the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to implement a comprehensive plan to protect Nassau County’s coastline from future storms. more
“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
West School — one of the schools that was hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy — received a $3 million reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency last week, a large chunk of funding … more
This Saturday, Long Beach will finally get its boardwalk back. “We came here that Sunday night,” said resident Liz Murdy of the night before Hurricane Sandy struck, when she stood on the … more
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been given the OK to cover a larger percentage of Hurricane Sandy-related costs, and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said that the additional funding would … more
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