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Occupational License Protectionism Hampers Sandy Recovery
Hurricane Sandy, an enormous disaster from the outset, has become a much worse one due to the painfully slow restoration of power and supplies to storm-ravaged New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, and neighboring areas. Per CBS, As the power outages on Long Island drag on, New Yorkers railed Sunday against the utility that […]
Recovery Center Aims to Help Local Businesses in Wake of Sandy
LONG ISLAND CITY — The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened a recovery center in the wake of Hurricane Sandy to help local businesses get back on their feet. The center, which opened at LaGuardia Community College on Friday, is one of four recovery centers that have opened in the city after the killer storm. […]
Superstorm Priorities for Some Include Saving Pets
Superstorm Sandy drove New York and New Jersey residents from their homes, destroyed belongings and forced them to find shelter for themselves — and for their pets, said owners, who recounted tales of a dog swimming through flooded streets and extra food left behind for a tarantula no one was willing to take in. In […]
Hundreds of Isamu Noguchi Artworks Damaged in Hurricane Sandy
QUEENS — Hundreds of works by the late artist Isamu Noguchi were damaged by Hurricane Sandy’s floodwaters in Long Island City. The East River poured into The Noguchi Museum’s storage area, at 33rd Road and Vernon Boulevard, during the storm. It flooded several hundred Noguchi artworks, including sculptures made of wood, metal, stone, and plaster, […]
City plans to fast-track school repairs with emergency funds
Chancellor Walcott talks to parents at P.S. 207, which will remain closed until at least 2013 and could be much longer. Red trailers parked outside the school contain 35,000 gallons of water and oil that leaked into the school during Sandy, Walcott said. Six city schools that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy won’t reopen until […]
NY governor to seek $30B in superstorm federal aid
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to request $30 billion in federal aid to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy, which heavily damaged parts of New York City and Long Island, he said Monday. The administration will seek a supplemental appropriation to cover infrastructure, repair and emergency costs beyond those normally covered by federal emergency […]
LI Man Burglarized Homes During Sandy Blackout: Police
NBC 4 New York A 49-year-old Hempstead man is accused of burglarizing homes during the post-Sandy blackout on Long Island. Gus Rosendale reports. L.I. Man Burglarized Homes During… Copy Close Link to this video http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/L.I.-Man-Burglarized-Homes-During-Sandy-Blackout:-Police/179048251 Copy Close Embed this video Replay A 49-year-old Hempstead man has been arrested, accused of burglarizing homes during the post-Sandy […]
Verizon’s Round-the-Clock Service Restorations Continue for New Jersey, New …
Company Has Completed 320,000 Repairs Since Sandy’s Oct. 29 Landfall (BASKING RIDGE, N.J.) – Two weeks after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on Oct. 29, Verizon’s repair technicians continue to reconnect voice, data, Internet and TV services for consumers, businesses and government clients in New Jersey, Long Island, New York City and other parts of the […]
New Yorkers’ easier commute is welcome post-storm progress
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dreaded Monday morning commute into New York City two weeks after Superstorm Sandy was eased slightly by lighter holiday traffic, restoration of some train lines and a long-awaited opening of the final tunnel shut by historic flooding. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the hardest […]
A Policy Wreck: Gas Rationing Amid Plenty of Fuel
If you need gasoline in storm-struck New York City, Long Island or most of New Jersey, your chances of buying some today are no better than 50-50. But don’t blame Sandy for your ongoing inconvenience; misguided politicians are doing most of the damage now. New York City and Long Island imposed gasoline rationing last week […]
Hurricane Sandy Damage Amplified By Breakneck Development Of Coast
By John Rudolf, Ben Hallman, Chris Kirkham, Saki Knafo and Matt Sledge On the night that Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, Vinny Baccale was in his Staten Island living room, plotting a last-minute escape and regretting not evacuating, when his kids shouted to him from another room. Their neighbor was outside, trying to start […]
Hurricane Sandy Service Update: Verizon Is Out in Force on Veterans Day …
<!– end javascript to email the article –> Company Has Purchased 8,500 Poles and 50,000 Fiber-Optic Drop Lines, Used More Than 14 Million Feet of Wire Since Sandy’s Oct. 29 Landfall FiOS Stores in Most-Affected Areas Offer Free Device-Charging to Those Without Power PR Newswire BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — On this […]
SBA Opens Business Recovery Center in Long Island City, NY
U.S. Small Business Administration openes Business Recovery Center in Long Island City; Representatives on hand at the Center to answer questions about the disaster loan program and assist business owners in completing applications (Long Island, N.Y.) On Nov. 9, 2012, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that it has opened a Business Recovery Center in […]
Questions: Why is there still a gas crisis and why are prices high at the pump? – The Jersey Journal
NEW YORK — Many drivers in New York and New Jersey are still struggling to find gasoline nearly two weeks after Superstorm Sandy battered the region’s energy infrastructure. To help alleviate long lines at service stations, a gas rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on […]
Drivers grapple with NYC gas rationing after Sandy
With police monitoring lines, motorists in New York City and Long Island on Friday began dealing with a new piece of fallout from Sandy the monster storm: odd-even gas rationing. By Jim Fitzgerald, Tom Hays, Associated Press / November 10, 2012 Police direct cars to gas pumps outside a gas station in the Brooklyn borough of […]
SBA Opens Business Recovery Center in Long Island City, NY
ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Small Business Administration opens a Business Recovery Center today in Long Island City, New York. Businesses with physical damages or loss of revenue caused by Hurricane Sandy should consider visiting the Center and applying for an SBA disaster business loan. SBA’s customer service representatives are on hand at the Center […]
Grub So Hard: LIC’s Corner Bistro Goes Beyond the Burger
Corner Bistro 47-18 Vernon Blvd.718-606-6500cornerbistrony.com Perfect For: Strange conversations with regulars at the bar, inhaling burgers after imbibingOn the Speakers: Incubus – “Make Yourself”Wallet Stress: Low ($2.75 to $8) Corner Bistro’s original West Village location is a New York institution. Tipsy hoards have been lured in by the bar’s vintage red neon sign (which they’re in the process […]
Hurricane Sandy Service Update: Verizon Continues Round-the-Clock …
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As post-storm gas rationing hits NYC, shorter lines, but drivers short on patience
NEW YORK – A return to 1970s-era gas rationing seemed to help with hourslong gas station lines that formed after Superstorm Sandy, but it didn’t end a fuel-gauge fixation that suddenly has become a way of life for drivers in the nation’s largest city. With police monitoring lines, motorists in New York City and Long […]
100000 NY Homes, Businesses Face Months Without Power
About 100,000 homes and businesses in New York City and Long Island were so damaged by Hurricane Sandy that restoring power to some of them may take months, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. About two-thirds are on Long Island’s south shore, with 36,000 clustered in Staten Island and the Rockaways where the most flooding […]