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PHOTOS: More Progress On The Second Avenue Subway

Posted 05.17.2013 | New York

More great photos from the MTA show progress on the Second Avenue subway and repairs on the Rockaways aboveground lines destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. ...

Sandy: Six Months Later, Rebuilding and Renewal

Jack Lund | Posted 05.03.2013 | New York
Jack Lund

Like the waves that crash on its beaches, time after time over its 100-year history Coney Island and its amusement parks have been razed to the ground by fire and flood, only to rise like a phoenix from the ashes and return bigger and better than ever.

PHOTO: Rescued In The Rockaways

Newsday | Ellen Yan | Posted 04.21.2013 | New York

A young seal in trouble was rescued Monday in Queens by The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, the group said. Biologists too...

Ben Hallman

Beaten, Battered Rockaways Brace For 'Nemo'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 02.08.2013 | New York

For Donald Lawrence, the news that a winter storm is barrelling down on his New York beachfront community means that the immediate task ahead of him j...

100 Days After Sandy: Welcome To Washed-Away

NARRATIVE.LY | Posted 02.04.2013 | New York

Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 — One week After Sandy “Welcome to Washed-Away,” Tom Burke says, sitting shotgun as his cousin Jessica Taylor drives her...

Burglaries Up 500 Percent In The Rockaways

Newsday | Anthony M DeStefano | Posted 03.31.2013 | New York

Reported burglaries in the Rockaways have spiked as much as 500 percent so far this year as residents returning to homes and businesses damaged in sup...

2 Months Post-Sandy, Some Rockaways Residents STILL Without Heat

Dominique Mosbergen | Posted 01.04.2013 | New York

More than two months after Superstorm Sandy swept through the Northeast, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented devastation, some New York City resid...

WATCH: Knicks' Tyson Chandler Aids Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts In New York's Rockaways

Posted 12.04.2012 | Black Voices

While much of the East Coast has recovered from Hurricane Sandy's wrath, the residents of New York’s Rockaways, a land strip nestled between the Atl...

As Temps Drop, A Health Crisis In Sandy Disaster Zones

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 12.02.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- A month after Sandy's floodwaters swept up his block, punched a hole in his foundation and drowned his furnace, John Frawley still has no ...

Jamaica Bay Can Point the Way Toward a More Resilient Post-Sandy New York

Dr. Nancy Kete | Posted 01.30.2013 | New York
Dr. Nancy Kete

How should we approach the reconstruction and restoration? We must first answer the question of how we can help both the people and the bay they live on prepare for, withstand and emerge stronger from an acute crisis like Sandy. Five key steps could help to accomplish this goal.

From Sandy, With Love

Liz Neumark | Posted 01.27.2013 | Home
Liz Neumark

This Thanksgiving morning was spent in the Rockaways to participate in providing a holiday meal for an anticipated 500 guests. The helping hands and open hearts that gathered to share the day with a community in need was stunning.

Hurricane-Ravaged Neighborhoods Face Serious Health Risks

Posted 01.26.2013 | New York

Nearly a month after Hurricane Sandy ravaged parts of New York City, residents in some hard-hit areas like the Rockaways are still living without powe...

Giving Thanks in the Wake of the Storm

Claire Walla | Posted 01.22.2013 | New York
Claire Walla

Sometimes it seems strange to give thanks for what we have when so much has been taken away. I went to the Rockaways for the first time the weekend after Hurricane Sandy hit New York, and then again this past weekend.

PHOTOS: Bill Clinton Volunteers With Sandy Victims In Rockaways

The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 11.19.2012 | Impact

President Bill Clinton, along with his daughter Chelsea and an army of 1,000 volunteers, rolled up his sleeves on Sunday to help victims hit hard by H...

Sandy Heroes Still Need Our Help

MeiMei Fox | Posted 01.18.2013 | Impact
MeiMei Fox

Hurricane Sandy. Many of us already have filed the disaster away in our dim, damp memory banks. Even for those of us who were caught in the storm, s...

New York Hospital Faces $3 Million Bill After Taking In Sandy Victims

Posted 11.15.2012 | Impact

When Superstorm Sandy hit the Rockaways section of New York, a local hospital quickly became a haven for the area’s most vulnerable victims -- a gra...

Andy Campbell

Weed Dealer Donates Proceeds To Sandy Victims

HuffingtonPost.com | Andy Campbell | Posted 11.16.2012 | Crime

Marijuana doesn't help disaster victims. Money and supplies do. It's a simple connection made by a pot dealer in Brooklyn, N.Y., who donated hal...

Goldman Sachs CEO Seen Volunteering In The Rockaways

The Huffington Post | Inae Oh | Posted 11.12.2012 | New York

Superstorm Sandy's damage has inspired many public figures, including Lady Gaga and Rihanna, to pitch in and help victims in New York and New Jersey. ...

Rockaway Ferry Service Launches Monday

DNAinfo | Posted 11.09.2012 | New York

THE ROCKAWAYS — A new ferry is pulling into the Rockaways to help residents get to work in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The ferry service, launch...

Volunteers Risk Empty Gas Tanks to Deliver Supplies from Williamsburg to the Rockaways

Jessica Saba | Posted 01.07.2013 | New York
Jessica Saba

Gather supplies, fill the car, hand donations directly to the people who need them and provide hope with your kindness and compassion. Speak to people -- ask their needs and gather contact information, and spread the word.

Lucas Kavner

Occupy Sandy Becomes 21st Century's Relief Organization

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 11.05.2012 | Green

As local leaders and citizens complain of FEMA and the Red Cross and general government absences in their own neighborhoods, independent and local vol...

Ben Hallman

In Hard-Hit Rockaways, Community Begs For Basic Necessities

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 11.11.2012 | Business

ROCKAWAY, N.Y. -- On Thursday afternoon, firemen set up a few grills near an intersection here and cooked burgers for hungry residents in this beach c...

Lila Shapiro

'In The Middle Of The Sea': Widespread Destruction In The Rockaways

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.30.2012 | Green

NEW YORK -- On Tuesday morning, Keith Patterson was watching the news at his fiancee's house in the Bronx when he realized that his own home had been ...