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In Sheepshead Bay, government agencies are offering an array of assistance to storm-struck businesses. The question is whether owners in need can access the right aid in time to save…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

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Dec 2012

Economy

Hungry For Customers or Aid, Rockaways Businesses Struggle

By some estimates, two thirds of businesses on the peninsula are still closed after Hurricane Sandy. Some of those that are operating are suffering because their customer base has been…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Jobless Find Hope in NYCHA's Post-Sandy Cleanup

Hundreds of low-income New Yorkers who’ve struggled to find jobs have found work doing post-storm cleanup, including public housing tenants. The question is: how long will it last?

ByKatia Savchuk 0Comments

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Dec 2012

Investigations

Why the City's Flood Maps Got It Wrong

The city’s evacuation zone maps used 2003 data. Some federal maps may have predicted a wider area of flooding. But scientists also made Sandy storm-surge predictions that were dwarfed when…

ByAli Winston 1Comment

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Nov 2012

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

After Flood, Brighton's Latinos Struggle in Shadows

A growing if largely invisible community hard-hit by Sandy faces a unique challenge: Undocumented immigrants must get help to fix illegal apartments.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

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Nov 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Reeling Before the Storm, Rockaways Complex Eyes Rescue

Ocean Village lost power after Sandy. But danger and deprivation were nothing new to its 1,000-plus residents, who hope a new owner and $110 million in public financing change the…

ByHella Winston 0Comments

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Nov 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Grassroots Groups Have Taken Over Sandy Relief

From Gerritsen to Coney, trusted local organizations and ad-hoc operations have stepped into a void left by overstretched city departments and low-profile federal agencies.

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Nov 2012

Uncategorized

Bruised Yet Bustling, Brighton Goes On

In Brighton Beach, the normal patterns of life have returned amid piles of sand and the smell of rot.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Nov 2012

Uncategorized

Reporter's Notebook: Red Hook

Just minutes before we arrived, an elderly woman living on the second floor tumbled down the stairs, back first, after tripping over her cane while bringing groceries into her apartment.