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Source: JohnnyBarker / FlickrFor some people, Hurricane Sandy came and went, barely disrupting their lives or neighborhoods. Others, especially the elderly living in Brighton Beach and Coney Island, were not nearly as lucky. A report [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/trapped-ditched-nycha-article-1.1204211] in the New York Daily News chronicles the weeks-long
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A home in Sea Gate damaged (in the rear) by Sandy. Photo by Erica ShermanOn a scale never before attempted in New York City, hundreds of Hurricane Sandy-damaged homes in Brooklyn and Queens are set for bulldozing, including homes in Gerritsen Beach, according to a report by The New York
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Leon M. Goldstein High School. Source: InsideSchools.orgIf you are a reader of the New York Daily News, you might have noticed a peculiar trend emerging in their regular coverage: an unending fascination with sex and high schools. Just last month, we covered such a story [/christian-del-re-goldstein-hs-texts-phone-calls-scandal/], more out of
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In an act of incredibly selfless sacrifice, a local woman is promising to swim across Sheepshead Bay, on a presumably freezing December 2 afternoon, all in an effort to raise money for her Hurricane Sandy-displaced friends, Morti and Shira. Morti and Shira Lebovich are a young Manhattan Beach couple whose
Hurricane Sandy has created a miserable month for thousands of Southern Brooklynites. Homes were flooded, cars were destroyed, jobs were lost, and scores are still left without heat and power. While adults everywhere have been reeling from all the damage they have incurred, their children are also paying a heavy
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The Brooklyn Community Foundation is well on its way towards providing relief for those devastated by Hurricane Sandy, having raised over $1 million dollars [http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/news/publications/1-million-and-counting] in charitable contributions, and announcing its first requests for proposals [http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/apply-funding] from Brooklyn non-profits looking
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Source: Mephell/Deviantart.comAccording to a report by YouGov.com [http://research.yougov.com/], a research and consulting organization, 64 percent of Americans are woefully unprepared for a major natural disaster, even after the events of Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Katrina, and a series of other major natural disasters smacking us
Source: Phoney Nickle/FlickrThis is a heads up for people whose jobs and livelihoods were affected by Hurricane Sandy. If you lost your job due to the Hurricane Sandy disaster, the State of New York is offering emergency unemployment assistance to those who qualify. According to the press release from
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P.S. 253 in Brighton Beach (Source: Google Maps)New York City has worked hard to reopen all public schools [/bloomberg-visits-manhattan-beachs-p-s-195-to-tout-speedy-repairs-return-to-schools/] as quickly as possible since Hurricane Sandy battered them with flooding, blackouts, and damaged heaters and equipment, but progress has finally taken a significant step forward in recent days.
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301 Oriental Boulevard (Source: Google Maps)They might want to start adding military grade gas masks to the emergency supply lists for people dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, especially if you are a resident of 301 Oriental Boulevard in Manhattan Beach. Residents of the apartment building blame the
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Citing the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, rising fuel prices, and rising tolls on bridges, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President Carlo Scissura blasted the proposed MTA fare hikes slated for 2013 earlier this week, saying it disproportionately hurts residents of Southern Brooklyn. In a press release issued on November 7, Scissura
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If your house gets destroyed, you lose all electricity, and your car is damaged, you would like to imagine that your boss would tolerate you missing a few days of work, especially if you work for a fire protection company, an organization probably sensitive to the needs of people displaced