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A collection of 6 issues

Treyger Bill Would Protect Disaster Victims From DOB Penalties

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

OEM Advises Manhattan Beach Residents How To Prepare For Another Sandy

MBCG President Judy Baron (Left) speaking next to OEM Deputy Commissioner James Esposito. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)As part of an ongoing effort to strengthen ties with local communities, officials from the Office of Emergency Management [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/em/index.page] met with the Manhattan Beach

Check Out The New Disaster Housing, Where You Might Live If We Flood Again

(Source: nyc.gov)Last Saturday, a prototype for emergency living quarters was unveiled. The experimental post-disaster housing module stacks five steel units on top of each other like Lego pieces to create accommodations that are more comfortable than your rotting, soggy home after Superstorm Sandy. The project has been in

Disaster Response Organization HEART 9/11 Leads Stress Reduction Program for Sandy Survivors

HEART 9/11, a disaster response organization dedicated to facilitating physical and emotional recovery after traumatic events, is offering an eight-week Resilience Boot Camp course for residents of Gerritsen Beach and the surrounding area who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The program, which is free of charge, will teach mindfulness

How Can The Government Better Prepare For Future Disasters? You Tell Us

Two of four panels created by Governor Andrew Cuomo examining different aspects of disaster preparedness have delivered a short list of preliminary recommendations [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/nyregion/experts-offer-cuomo-recommendations-on-disaster-preparedness.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0] to the state executive’s desk. And we’re turning to you,

Report: Majority Of Americans Still Not Prepared For A Major Disaster

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