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Many people woke up a couple of days before Christmas to heavy rain and wind that flooded residential streets and primary roadways, and may have left them wondering, “Where are all those Sandy flood-mitigation projects we were promised?” more
Like many living on Long Island’s South Shore, it has been a long, drawn out process for the Hassett family, of Island Park, to raise their home after Hurricane Sandy. It became even more difficult when they had $30,000 of federally awarded funds stolen from them in the spring. more
Five-term County Legislator Howard Kopel is being opposed by Karen Blitz of Rockville Centre in the Nassau County 7th legislative district. The district includes Oceanside, Rockville Centre, East Rockaway, Cedarhurst, Woodmere and parts of Hewlett, Lawrence, Baldwin, Valley Stream and Lynbrook. more
Q. Last week I wrote that the New York Rising program could have been more organized, and since we managed to avoid being flooded by Hurricane Joaquin, we have the opportunity . . . more
The Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) announced the first two projects, for Island Park and Oceanside, totaling over $20 million, to be implemented through the New York Rising Community Reconstruction (NYRCR) Program — a grassroots undertaking that empowers localities to increase their physical, social and economic resilience following impacts from Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. more
New York state has been presented with a unique opportunity. For once, rather than being faced with a multi-billion-dollar deficit . . . more
Nearly a year after Hurricane Sandy devastated portions of Oceanside, Island Park, Harbor Isle and Barnum Island, a committee of residents from those communities hosted a public forum on at St. … more
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