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Photo via twitter [https://twitter.com/NYCBuilditBack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]City officials are warning homeowners to beware of suspicious phone calls from scammers posing as Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.shtml] representatives. The Department of Investigation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doi/
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Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)How should you respond to a suspicious phone call from someone claiming to represent the city’s Superstorm Sandy recovery program? A lieutenant from the Sheepshead Bay station house wanted to offer advice to residents after we reported scammers
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A boarded up home in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) City officials are warning homeowners to beware of suspicious phone calls from scammers posing as Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.shtml] representatives. The Department of Investigation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/
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A boarded up home in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) City officials are warning homeowners to beware of suspicious phone calls from scammers posing as Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.shtml] representatives. The Department of Investigation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/
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A boarded up home in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) City officials are warning homeowners to beware of suspicious phone calls from scammers posing as Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.shtml] representatives. The Department of Investigation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/
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> #SOD [https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOD?src=hash] on the scene of a building collapse @ 70 Beacon Court @NYPD61Pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD61Pct]. Unoccupied, under construction. No injuries. pic.twitter.com/qVG9Fi8zx4 [https://t.co/qVG9Fi8zx4] — NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) June 22, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NYPDSpecialops/status/745704042555379712]
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Homeowners in Superstorm Sandy-impacted neighborhoods, who are seeing the first signs of measurable progress [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/10/three-years-after-sandy-build-it-back-makes-headway-in-sheepshead-bay/] in the city’s Build it Back program, may experience a spike in their property taxes due to storm recovery
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Homeowners in Superstorm Sandy-impacted neighborhoods, who are seeing the first measurable signs of progress [/three-years-after-sandy-build-it-back-makes-headway-in-sheepshead-bay/] in the city’s Build it Back program, may experience a spike this year in their property taxes due to storm recovery efforts. “This past year,
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Shore Boulevard in Manhattan Beach was flooded during high tide. (Photo: Councilman Chaim Deutsch [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=561447090690789&set=a.368600459975454.1073741830.100004765095752&type=3&theater] / Facebook)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials called on Brooklyn landlords Wednesday to help the city reach the finish line for Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts by opening available apartments to homeowners enrolled in the Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.
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A boarded up home in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) City Councilman Mark Treyger has introduced a bill to block the Department of Buildings from penalizing homeowners and tenants who are trying to recover from natural disasters. “Nobody should be left worse off by the recovery process than
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A boarded up home in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) City Councilman Mark Treyger has introduced a bill to block the Department of Buildings from penalizing homeowners and tenants who are trying to recover from natural disasters. “Nobody should be left worse off by the recovery process than