Angela Torres who lives in Red Hook Houses with her husband and their three children, says the storm fused a deeper unity among neighbors that continues a year later.
At an event celebrating local businesses, there were signs of recovery and a reminders of fragility a year after the superstorm inundated the neighborhood, flooding stores and darkening public housing.
Conservatives want armed guards in the schools. Some liberals want to call in the National Guard if school violence threatens. What do those at risk—kids in school—say we should do after Newtown?
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