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The Gallo family, from left, Lorenzo, Desiree, Alex and Sam, on the balcony of their rebuilt Pennsylvania Avenue home.

Residents return post-Sandy, but at a price

More than 500 days after being displaced by Hurricane Sandy, which flooded her one-story bungalow in the West End, Sam Gallo finally came home on May 30, having given entirely new meaning to the … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 6/20/14

Sen. Charles Schumer, at a news conference last year at the Sandy-damaged home of City Councilwoman Fran Adelson, far right, called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to maintain disaster relief funding for New York and New Jersey.

Schumer slams HUD

Eighteen months after Hurricane Sandy hit, state representatives say they are still fighting to hold on to the federal aid money they thought they had secured more than a year ago. Sen. Charles … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 4/30/14

Protesters walked from Village Hall in Island Park, over the Long Beach Bridge on to the boardwalk.

Sandy victims rally against NY Rising

Approximately 200 people — the majority of them displaced victims of Hurricane Sandy — braved the whipping rain during a rally from Island Park to Long Beach last Saturday and expressed … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 4/1/14

Alexandra Gialanze, of Long Beach, with her parents, Debbie, left, and Ron.

NY Rising to hear from public

NY Rising, the state agency tasked with distributing federal aid funds to storm victims, will be holding a series of public meetings across the state this week to gather public input on the proposed … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 2/28/14

The Robinson family, of Long Beach, were among the more than 100 residents who rallied outside the Legislative Building in Mineola on Nov. 2.

Sandy victims rally for ‘adequate’ NY Rising funding

When Long Beach resident Kevin Reilly, a civil engineer who lives in the Canals, received his NY Rising award letter recently, he immediately noticed that something was wrong. Reilly and his … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 11/20/13

Michelle MIttleman, founder of Sandy Victims Fighting FEMA, said the group is holding a rally on Nov. 2 in Mineola.

More Sandy aid to flow in 2014

Government officials announced this week that a second round of Hurricane Sandy aid money would be available — and should flow more easily — to both homeowners and municipalities in 2014. … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 10/31/13

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