CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Despite Some Storm Damage, City Island Voting Smooth
Emily Field |
The shoreline neighborhood is pocket of conservatism in the heavily Democratic Bronx. A majority of the voters here voted for McCain in
the 2008 election.
Bronx
Find Your Post-Sandy Voting Site
Jarrett Murphy |
Dozens of polling sites across the boroughs have been relocated.
Health and Environment
Stripping Down Not For a Marathon, But For Sandy
City Limits |
Dozens of runners donated the clothing they would have abandoned at the starting line of the cancelled New York City Marathon to victims of the superstorm.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Post-Sandy Housing Crisis: 4 Years Ago, NYC Asked 'What If?'
Jarrett Murphy |
In 2008 the city solicited designs for temporary housing for 38,000 households uprooted from a coastal neighborhood by hurricane flooding. Now New York may confront a very similar, and very real, scenario.
Health and Environment
Homeless Before Sandy, Uprooted By Storm
Yermi Brenner |
With stores closed and the subway shuttered, the shelters Dennis Williams usually counts on when the weather gets bad weren’t an option.
Health and Environment
Confused and Frustrated in Line for 'Obama Gas'
Malik Singleton |
When the crowd in Crown Heights learned the free gas was made possible by FEMA , some laughed and chanted, “Obama gas! Obama gas!” But if time is money, the wait wasn’t free.
Health and Environment
In Storm-Battered Coney, a Trickle of Relief Faces a Deluge of Damage
Neil deMause |
A quick look at Coney Island suggests the neighborhood weathered Sandy well—the Wonder Wheel is still standing, after all. But a look inside businesses or into the eyes of residents tells a different story.
Health and Environment
Sheepshead Bay Dries Off
Helen Zelon |
Amid debris – with no power and in some cases no gas – homeowners , coop residents and business people along Emmons Avenue face a difficult recovery, but there was little talk of quitting.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Photo Call: Sandy, Through Your Eyes
Jarrett Murphy |
Send us your pictures of how the aftermath of Sandy looked in your neighborhood.
Health and Environment
Patience Prevails in Rockaway Beach
Jarrett Murphy |
Amid news stories about New Yorkers losing their tempers in lines for gasoline, people waiting for diapers and granola bars in a debris-strewn parking lot in the Rockaways on Thursday remained calm, even cheerful.
