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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State Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky has introduced legislation that would require New York Rising to submit monthly reports to the State Legislature detailing the status of disaster funds allocated to …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/29/15
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The Long Beach City Council last week renewed its call on the state Department of Health to update a 2006 report used as the basis to restructure hospitals across the state, and recommended that the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/14/15
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A Hurricane Sandy Storm Recovery Resource Fair will be held at Kennedy High School in Bellmore on Tuesday, May 26, from 5 to 9 p.m.
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5/13/15
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Bob Kaible and his wife, Deborah Raimey, owned a yellow-clapboard rental bungalow on Michigan Street, behind their two-story Minnesota Avenue home, in Long Beach’s West End, when Hurricane Sandy struck on Oct. 29, 2012, submerging the narrow blocks surrounding the properties in six feet of saltwater.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/13/15
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The city presented its spending plan for the 2015-16 fiscal year at a City Council meeting on Tuesday. The proposed budget totals $86 million, a 1.91 percent increase over the current spending plan. …
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By Matthew Ern
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5/6/15
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As reconstruction efforts continue throughout Long Beach, officials are looking to create a more resilient and economically sustainable city. They began developing an updated Comprehensive Plan …
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By Matthew Ern
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5/6/15
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U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice joined Long Beach officials on Monday to unveil the city’s new federally-funded trolley, one of eight vehicles replaced after the city’s public transit fleet suffered …
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4/29/15
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Architects, engineers and builders are frantically rebuilding and elevating Hurricane Sandy-ravaged homes across Nassau County’s South Shore these days, and they are expected to get even busier …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry and Scott Brinton
oceaneditor@liherald.com or sbrinton@liherald.com
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4/29/15
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Kendall and Ciro Frulio and daughters Olivia and Emma were living in a quaint home on Franklin Street in East Rockaway, within the village limits but blocks from the Bay Park border, when Hurricane …
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By Mary Malloy and Julie Mansmann
mmalloy@liherald.com or jmansmann@liherald.com
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4/29/15
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