Hurricane Sandy Relief Turns to Protest
The stakes are high for people in the Rockaways. More than month and a half after Superstorm Sandy, winter…
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In Response to Sandy, Tech Community Steps Up
Eli Hayes stood before an auditorium full of nonprofit volunteers and computer programmers and broke into tears. Hayes, founder…
Hurricane Sandy left an estimated 40,000 people homeless in New York City. While Mayor Michael Bloomberg holds regular press…
Making An Affordable Housing Crisis Worse
In the days immediately following Hurricane Sandy, city, state and federal officials congratulated each other on their preparedness and…
Three years ago, Brooklyn College students planned a trip to New Orleans to do recovery work and community organizing…
Hurricane Sandy ravaged New Jersey, New York and other areas of the Northeast, destroying homes and depriving people of…
Suffering in the Shadow of Wall Street
I live in northern Manhattan and within a few days of Hurricane Sandy striking at the end of October,…
A Starting Line And A Dump: Staten Island, The Forgotten Borough
The baseball field behind Egbert Middle School is pitch black as our journalist team, led by Liam (who prefers…
Battle for Public Housing Intensifies in NYC After Hurricane Sandy
Sisters and Brothers, On Monday we traveled to Coney Island to visit some of my mom's friends who were…
Repression Against Grassroots Hurricane Relief Lingers in New Orleans
The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy has raised the question once again of whether post-disaster relief can help build organizations…