Category Archives: 9/11 Community Supports Sandy’s Victims

Katrina comeback offers strategies for Staten Island businesses

By Kimberly | Published: March 10, 2013

By Jillian Jorgensen Staten Island Advance New York and New Orleans have decidedly different economies — but small businesses walloped by Hurricane Sandy might be able to find lessons in what worked, and what didn’t, for their southern counterparts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. “There are some things that just kind of [...]

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Sandy-Damaged South Ferry Subway Station to Reopen Next Month

By Kimberly | Published: March 8, 2013

By Jill Colvin DNAinfo The South Ferry subway station will welcome its first trains since being devastated by Hurricane Sandy next month. The reopening is far ahead of schedule, officials said Friday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority had originally said it would take up to three years and cost $600 million for trains to return to [...]

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Hundreds receive $1,000 Sandy relief debit cards

By Kimberly | Published: March 1, 2013

By Brittany Wait New York Newsday When Jill Backlin got to Long Beach Middle School in Lido Beach at around 9 a.m. Friday morning, there were already hundreds of superstorm Sandy victims from the community lined up for much-needed help. Backlin’s family is one of 1,350 with a child attending any of the five elementary [...]

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