A year—almost to the minute—after a tropical storm named Sandy became a hurricane, Brooklyn officials and organizations launched an effort to take stock of where coastal recovery stands.
A diverse field is vying to replace Michael Nelson, one of the longest-serving members of the City Council, and represent a district hit hard by the superstorm.
A coalition of community and labor groups responded to Mayor Bloomberg’s infrastructure plan.
Under fire for slow spending of the millions it raised after the superstorm, the organization unveiled grants to rebuild places like Canarsie and Sheepshead Bay.
Some 60 percent were still closed four or five months after the storm, thanks to long-standing challenges of economics and geography that hampered an already difficult recovery.
Community groups say a survey of households affected by the superstorm found that 60 percent report visible mold.
Local centers for disaster aid will close on April 30.
Congratulations to our two Ippies honorees, Ruth Ford and Batya Ungar-Sargon.
A coalition of environmental and community groups has put together their wish-list for how New York City, the Empire and Garden states and the federal government should implement the lessons of Sandy.
And more might be closing as their owners struggle to pay back loans they had to take out to repair damage from the flood.
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