Rolling River Day Camp sits on five acres along Mill River, which snakes through East Rockaway and Bay Park on the way to East Rockaway Channel. The river can be a friend. It forms an idyllic backdrop for a camp replete with swimming pools, playgrounds and ball fields. It can also be a foe. During a nor’easter in 2010, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the river inundated much of the camp, wreaking havoc.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/28/15
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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has announced the details of a new insurance claim review process that is designed to benefit thousands of homeowners who were underpaid after Hurricane Sandy. Schumer’s announcement, last Friday in Long Beach, came as the …
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By Matthew Ern
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6/3/15
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After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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3/18/15
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is close to reaching a final settlement with Hurricane Sandy victims who filed lawsuits against their flood insurance carriers after the storm, claiming they …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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3/4/15
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Attorneys representing a group of Hurricane Sandy victims who contend that their claims were denied by their insurance company based on “doctored” damage reports filed a federal class-action …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/26/14
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Attorney Denis Kelly’s office on Park Avenue, above the Long Beach Surf Shop, was bustling last Friday night, as Kelly fielded numerous calls from homeowners who are still fighting their insurance …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/19/14
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
aspychalsky@liherald.com
Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced this week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its deadline to …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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5/1/14
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Congress passed a bill last week that will protect thousands of New York homeowners from huge flood insurance premium rate hikes — or having their property values decimated when they try to …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky and Anthony Rifilato
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3/19/14
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The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday that will protect tens of thousands of homeowners from facing huge flood insurance premium rate hikes.
The Homeowner Flood Insurance …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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1/30/14
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Sen. Charles Schumer is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to extend the statute of limitations for homeowners to file lawsuits against their flood insurance companies.
At a press …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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10/24/13
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