To assist families who are still struggling to locate housing after being displaced by Hurricane Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban …
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3/29/13
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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 …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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8/8/13
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Atlantic Beach village has agreed to pay the Chabad of the Beaches $400,000 over four years to settle a 2022 federal lawsuit.
The Chabad of the Beaches, a Long Beach-based religious organization …
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By Hernesto Galdamez
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12/1/23
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To the Editor: I just read the article “Hundreds of Long Beach Homes Need to be Rebuilt” (March28-April 3) regarding people raising their homes. The article fails to address one key …
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3/29/13
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The city announced the opening of yet another section of the new boardwalk on Friday, and residents will now be able to stroll, bike and run on the most recently completed addition, west of Laurelton …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/9/13
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The Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday night to adopt a definition of anti-Semitism for the city. Every council member, and Acting City Manager Ron Walsh, voted to adopt.
The city adopted the …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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6/25/23
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More than 500 days after being displaced by Hurricane Sandy, which flooded her one-story bungalow in the West End, Sam Gallo finally came home on May 30, having given entirely new meaning to the …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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6/20/14
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Long Beach, Island Park and Oceanside community residents have been speaking their minds about offshore wind for nearly two years. For or against it, they have made their voices heard — at …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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3/15/24
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A statewide group of local news organizations — comprising of more than 100 newspapers across New York — has launched The Empire State Local News Coalition, a joint advocacy effort to advance a legislative package intended to deliver long-term sustainability to the sector.
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STAFF REPORT
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2/29/24
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Plans for the Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm — a controversial project that would impact Long Beach, Oceanside, Island Park and other nearby municipalities — have been scrapped, at …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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1/12/24
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