New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott Pushes For City Students To...
New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott New York City students may very well see their breaks shortened after Hurricane Sandy kept them out of the classroom for at least five days. According...
View ArticleAirbnb Partners With New York To Provide Free Housing For Sandy Victims
New York City officials and Airbnb said Wednesday they had struck a partnership to help connect victims of Hurricane Sandy with free short-term housing. Airbnb, which launched four years ago as a way...
View ArticleVolunteers Rally To Help New Jersey Polling Location Damaged By Hurricane...
Volunteers from NECHAMA Jewish Response to Disaster cleaned up a Hoboken polling location, a community center that was damaged by flooding during Hurricane Sandy. With Election Day 2012 looming,...
View ArticleAfter Hurricane Sandy, Sea Walls And Lower-Cost Solutions Are Key Steps For...
* Officials seeking low-cost ways to prepare for climate change * Just 13 percent of U.S. cities have done risk assessments * Local moves less wrapped up in debate of climate science By Scott Malone...
View ArticleYunus Latif Arrested For Allegedly Hoarding Gasoline In Illegal Containers
One man's quest to help his neighbors on Saturday ended in arrest. Yunus Latif, 47, of New York City, tried to get gasoline for his neighbors in Richmond Hill, Queens, who had no power or gasoline as...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy's Storm Surge Mapped ... Before It Hit
By Douglas M. Main, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer: CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In June, William Fritz and his colleagues developed a model showing how New York's geography would amplify a storm surge in the...
View ArticleWhen Sandy Destroys 9/11 Widow's Home, Boyfriend Saves Late Husband's Photos
This undated handout photograph released by the FDNY shows RoseEllen Dowdell's former husband, Lt. Kevin C Dowdell, one of the 343 firefighters killed during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World...
View ArticleNor'easter 2012 Tracker: Winter Storm Expected To Affect New York, New...
Residents of a flood-wrecked home in Point Pleasant Beach N.J. offer encouragement to fellow victims of Superstorm Sandy on Monday, Nov. 5. A new storm, this one a nor'easter, was due to hit the shore...
View ArticleRobin Roberts On Hurricane Sandy: 'Please Give Whatever You Can' (VIDEO)
Robin Roberts delivered a deeply personal message about Hurricane Sandy to viewers on Monday. The "Good Morning America" co-host has been on medical leave since September to receive treatment for MDS,...
View ArticleStomach Virus Breaks Out At New York High School Being Used As Storm...
Three of four high schools in Park Slope’s John Jay campus were closed Wednesday after 13 children living in an emergency shelter there contracted a highly contagious stomach virus, the New York Daily...
View ArticleMichelle Williams, Jason Segel Hurricane Sandy: Busy Philipps Says 'They...
Michelle Williams and Jason Segel's home in Brooklyn, NY., has been damaged following Hurricane Sandy, but they are safe. Good news for Michelle Williams and Jason Segel. The couple's apartment...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy Relief Effort Likely To Be Largest In U.S. Since Katrina
WASHINGTON (AP) — Widespread destruction from Superstorm Sandy will likely make for the largest U.S. relief effort by the American Red Cross and others since Hurricane Katrina. By Friday, the Red...
View ArticleHurricane Katrina Memories Stirred By Sandy's Wrath
NEW ORLEANS -- The chaos wrought by Superstorm Sandy, the homes tossed from foundations and landmarks buried beneath seawater, delivered a gut-wrenching dose of deja vu for survivors of Hurricane...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable: Sandy Victims To Receive Automatic Credit For Outages
NEW YORK (AP) — Time Warner Cable, one of the two big cable companies in the New York area, says it will automatically credit customers for outages caused by Superstorm Sandy. Time Warner Cable Inc....
View ArticleSandy Benefit Dials Up $23 Million In Donations To American Red Cross, Says...
LOS ANGELES — NBC says its benefit concert for Superstorm Sandy victims drew nearly $23 million in donations to the American Red Cross. Friday's hour-long telethon included performances by artists...
View ArticleNYC Dark: Artists Jared Levy and Michael Marantz Captures Manhattan With The...
As many of you now know, the city that never sleeps was pretty dark last week when Hurricane Sandy wiped out power to much of lower Manhattan. The bright lights of the skyline disappeared for days,...
View ArticleNYC Dark: Photographer Jared Levy Captures Manhattan With The Lights Off...
As many of you now know, the city that never sleeps was pretty dark last week when Hurricane Sandy wiped out power to much of lower Manhattan. The bright lights of the skyline disappeared for days,...
View ArticlePat Kiernan To Host Trivia Night Benefitting Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief
Hurricane Sandy may have kept beloved NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan from hosting an epic evening devoted to Halloween pop-culture, but fear not! Trivia night with Pat Kiernan has been rescheduled. Kiernan...
View ArticleNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo Says New Yorkers Will Be Allowed To Vote In...
Nov 5 (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday New Yorkers affected by superstorm Sandy will be allowed to vote in Tuesday's U.S. election in any polling place by presenting an...
View ArticleJoe Scarborough: Hurricane Sandy Froze Mitt Romney's Momentum (VIDEO)
The panel of "Morning Joe" examined the political dimension of Hurricane Sandy on Monday, with Joe Scarborough saying that the disaster froze Mitt Romney's momentum. The group started the morning...
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