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Governor Andrew Cuomo and actor Steve Buscemi helped National Guard members distribute hundreds of donated Thanksgiving meals to New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of Queens Wednesday, and he told reporters that the federal government now recognizes Sandy as the second-worst hurricane to ever hit the United States.
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Almost 4,000 donated meals went to residents and first responders in Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Long Island and the Hudson Valley. Many of the items were donated by big-box stores, including Costco, ShopRite and Walmart.
Each distributed box included a turkey, two cans of vegetables, one can of cranberry sauce, one can of gravy, one box of stuffing and a loaf of bread.
Speaking at the Rockaway Point Fire Department, Cuomo said New Yorkers were working hard to take care of each other as Thanksgiving approached.
“It’s a heart-warming story around Thanksgiving to see the way people have come together and the way that New Yorkers have come together and the way that the spirit of community is going to rebuild and I’m glad to be part of it,” said Cuomo.
“This is a community of first responders and the first responders were hit hard themselves,” Buscemi said.
He expected federal officials to respect his request for roughly $30 billion in aid for the state, saying that Washington lawmakers recognize that Sandy’s damage was topped by Hurricane Katrina, which slammed New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005.
Also Wednesday, the food rescue group City Harvest picked up meals donated from local restaurants and kitchens and delivered them in neighborhoods that were hit hard by the storm.
Usually this time of year, City Harvest distributes 125,000 pounds of food a day, but following Sandy. the group is now distributing 225,000 pounds of food daily.
For more information, visit www.cityharvest.org.
Recovery And Relief
Transit And Traffic
City transit officials are working to increase methods of transit for areas in the five boroughs that received the most harm from Sandy.
The Department of Transportation is collecting bids for a temporary second Staten Island ferry that is expected to start sailing from Great Kills to Lower Manhattan on Monday.
On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority began running the new H train shuttle to run across the Rockaways. It is the first subway service in that area of Queens since Sandy hit more than three weeks ago.
The city’s gas rationing to cars based on odd or even license plate numbers is currently in effect through Friday.
Vehicles with license plates that end in an odd number or vanity plates can only get gas at the pump on odd-numbered days, and vehicles with plates that end in an even number and zero can only get gas on even-numbered days.
Certain vehicles are exempt from the rationing, including vehicles with licenses from the Taxi and Limousine Commission, cars with medical doctor plates, commercial vehicles, emergency vehicles and buses.
To report price gouging at gas stations, call 1-800-771-7755 or go to the state attorney general’s website at ag.ny.gov.
The city Departments of Transportation and Sanitation say alternate-side parking are suspended indefinitely in parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
Those areas are:
– Brooklyn Community Board 6 west of and including Hamilton Avenue, which includes the neighborhood of Red Hook.
– Brooklyn Community Board 18, which covers Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Flatlands, Marine Park, Georgetown and Mill Island.
– Brooklyn Community Board 13, which represents Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Sea Gate.
– Brooklyn Community Board 15, which includes Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach and Gerritsen Beach and Homecrest.
– Queens Community Board 14, which covers the Rockaways.
Public Housing
The New York City Housing Authority announced Monday evening that heat and hot water has been restored to all public housing buildings affected by Hurricane Sandy, and by Tuesday 98 percent of the agency’s damaged elevators were working again.
NYCHA officials warned that some residents could “occasionally experience service disruptions as generators are disconnected” and roughly 24 temporary boilers in affected buildings are being serviced.
Nearly all city public housing residents who have been without electricity since the storm hit are back on the grid.
However, the housing authority also said this is because there is a delay between power restoration and its actual return due to damaged circuits.
Public housing residents who still lack heat and hot water are asked to call the NYCHA Customer Contact Center at 1-718-707-7771.
Repairing, Demolishing Buildings
Meanwhile, officials at the city Department of Buildings say they will demolish about 200 homes damaged beyond repair by Sandy in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg reassured New Yorkers earlier this week that only buildings in danger of imminent collapse will be torn down.
He also said that DOB officials will work with homeowners to try to salvage structures or to schedule demolitions.
DOB officials say they are doing their best to track down homeowners, but there may be cases where a home will be demolished because of safety concerns before its owner can be notified.
The Mayor’s Office says about 4,000 people have signed up for the city’s “Rapid Repairs” program and the first inspection teams have gone out.
The Rapid Repairs program assigns contractors to areas hit hard by the storm and those contractors are then responsible for bringing in electricians, plumbers and other subcontractors.
Homes with green stickers from the Department of Buildings, meaning the house is structurally sound, get priority.
To take part in the program, residents must have a ID number from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
However, some homeowners told NY1 on Tuesday that they have not heard from the Rapid Repairs program, weeks after they signed up for it.
Meanwhile, FEMA officials have also extended a program providing temporary housing to New Yorkers displaced by Hurricane Sandy.
The program, which offers hotel or motel rooms to FEMA applicants whose homes were damaged by the storm, is being extended to December 14.
Residents can also register for FEMA assistance at disasterassistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-3362. Phone lines are open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.
Bronx:
12th Judicial District, 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon-Fri
Brooklyn:
IKEA, 1 Beard Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Holy Family R.C. Church, 9719 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11236
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Coffey Park, 85 Richards Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Gerritsen Little League Field, 2671 Gerritsen Avenue, Gerritsen Beach, NY
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Social Security Building, Gravesend, 10 Bouck Court, Brooklyn, NY 11223
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Queens:
Duane Reade (Waldbaums Supermarket parking lot), 115-12 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway, NY 11694
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Community Church of the Nazarene, 1414 Central Avenue, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Fort Tilden Park (Building 415), 1-199 Rockaway Point Boulevard, Breezy Point, NY 11697
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
American Legion, 209 Cross Bay Boulevard, Broad Channel, NY 11693
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Storefront, 1001 Beach 20th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Staten Island:
Miller Field, 600 New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, NY 10306
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mon-Sun
Corner of Father Capodanno Boulevard and Hunter Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305
Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mon-Sun
Mount Loretto CYO, 6581 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10309
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Mount Manresa Jesuit House, 239 Fingerboard Road, Staten Island, NY 10305
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Borough Hall, 10 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
Kia in Staten Island, 1976 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10306
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon-Sun
