Hurricane Sandy Archives

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With delayed timelines and ongoing construction, Red Hook residents are still living in limbo as they wait for a $568 million resiliency project to come to life, more than a…

ByMariana Simões

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Climate and Environment Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Another Superstorm Sandy Would be an Economic Disaster for Working Families

“We must build a future where every New Yorker makes a living wage and earns enough to cover the basic necessities to survive and then some, so that a climate…

ByTheodore A. Moore 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Red Hook NYCHA Tenants Waiting Months For Gas Want Answers

After Superstorm Sandy-related reconstruction knocked out the gas line to several Red Hook West buildings in January, some tenants are seeking compensation for the disruption.

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Government In Depth Investigations

The Quest to Clean Up Coney Island Creek, Part 1: Industrial Past Collides with a Superstorm

While the last decade has seen cleanup efforts planned or launched at some of the city’s most polluted waterways, like Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek, the community has struggled to…

ByNina Dietz 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Fighting for Basement Apartment Tenants, 11 Years After Hurricane Sandy

“Instead of turning a blind eye to the suffering of basement and cellar apartment dwellers, disproportionately low-income and from immigrant communities, we must find the political courage to face this…

ByJessica González-Rojas

ByHarvey Epstein 1Comment

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Oct 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

11 Years After Hurricane Sandy, Plan to Build Storm Barriers Around NYC Faces Pushback

Environmentalists say an Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to protect the city from coastal storms using walls and gates fails to address other climate change-related threats, like heavy rainfall.

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

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Jan 2023

Climate and Environment

They Were Pregnant During a Climate Disaster. Do Their Children Carry the Scars?

New studies have found that the mental development of children exposed to Superstorm Sandy in utero are associated with stress. This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and the…

ByPaige Perez, Nexus Media News 1Comment

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Oct 2022

Government Opinion

Opinion: To Protect NYC From Future Storms, Invest in Waterfront Parks

“During Sandy we saw evidence of how parks can be built to weather the worst impacts of storms. Areas that suffered less damage overall had infrastructure in place that served…

ByTyler Taba

BySherrise Palomino 0Comments

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Oct 2022

ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness

The Housing Photographer Who Chronicled Sandy’s Destruction in Queens

Retired HPD photographer Larry Racioppo spent months without electricity after Hurricane Sandy rebuilding his Rockaway Park home. His photos from that time, and of his neighborhood over the decade since,…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Climate Crisis is a Housing Crisis

“Hurricane Sandy damaged 10 percent of the city’s housing. In a city with a vacancy rate of 4.5 percent, even a temporary loss of the housing supply isn’t just a…

ByDeborah Helaine Morris

ByThaddeus Pawlowski

ByHugo Sarmiento 1Comment

12 Years After Hurricane Sandy, NYCHA’s Red Hook Residents Still Living in a Construction Zone

Opinion: Another Superstorm Sandy Would be an Economic Disaster for Working Families

Red Hook NYCHA Tenants Waiting Months For Gas Want Answers

The Quest to Clean Up Coney Island Creek, Part 1: Industrial Past Collides with a Superstorm

Opinion: Fighting for Basement Apartment Tenants, 11 Years After Hurricane Sandy

11 Years After Hurricane Sandy, Plan to Build Storm Barriers Around NYC Faces Pushback

They Were Pregnant During a Climate Disaster. Do Their Children Carry the Scars?

Opinion: To Protect NYC From Future Storms, Invest in Waterfront Parks

The Housing Photographer Who Chronicled Sandy’s Destruction in Queens

Opinion: New York’s Climate Crisis is a Housing Crisis

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