governors office of storm recovery

Apr
14

$8.8 Million Home-Elevation Project Launches In Sheepshead Bay & Gerritsen

A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Neighbors who missed out or gave up [/three-years-after-sandy-build-it-back-makes-headway-in-sheepshead-bay/] on the city’
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Nov
05
Circling The Drain: Patience Wanes For State’s Plan To Fix Sandy Sewage Backups

Circling The Drain: Patience Wanes For State’s Plan To Fix Sandy Sewage Backups

Sewage backflow inside a Lake Avenue bungalow. (Photo: Melissa Haggerty / NY Rising [http://stormrecovery.ny.gov/sites/default/files/crp/
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Jul
21

FEMA Approves $100k To Begin Work On Sea Gate’s Damaged Flood Barrier

Coast at Sea Gate. (Photo: Dennis [https://www.flickr.com/photos/samsebeskazal/11939724114/] / Flickr)Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand
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Apr
22

State Seeks Org To Implement Storm Resiliency Job Training Program For Low-Income Residents Of Southern Brooklyn

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration is looking for organizations willing to take a bundle of state cash and turn it
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Mar
03
Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Firehouse To Get $2.4 Million Overhaul For Storm Resiliency

Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Firehouse To Get $2.4 Million Overhaul For Storm Resiliency

The Gerrittsen Beach Fire Department (Source: GBFD.net)The Gerrittsen Beach Fire Department [http://gbfd.net/], the volunteer firefighting base
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