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  • 15
    Jan
    2013
    2:41pm, EST

    New Yorkers knock down, rebuild, clean up homes months after Sandy

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    A sign is seen outside a home devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough in New York on Jan. 15.

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    Two neighbors watch as Doreen Lagno's house, which was irreparably damaged by flood waters during Hurricane Sandy, is demolished in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood of Staten Island, New York on Jan. 15.

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    The claw of a demolition vehicle brings down Doreen Lagno's house, which was irreparably damaged by flood waters during Hurricane Sandy, in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood of Staten Island.

    Justin Lane / EPA

    Peter Gill works with his father James and a friend Mark Faljean on repairs to his home that was damaged by flood waters in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in Staten Island, New York.

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    Workers with the parks department clean sand from a playground damaged during Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaways on Jan. 15.

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    Workers walk on a boardwalk damaged during Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaways on Jan. 15, in the Queens borough of New York City.

    Slideshow: Recovering after Sandy

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    Residents of the Northeast are still picking up the pieces after Superstorm Sandy.

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    A $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package is expected to be voted on today in the House. The package, which has come under criticism by some fiscal conservatives, is being heavily pushed by Northeastern lawmakers. The money would be spent on immediate needs to the region including $5.4 billion for New York and New Jersey transit systems and $5.4 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief aid fund.

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    It's been two and a half months since Superstorm Sandy barreled through New Jersey and New York, but people are still desperately awaiting aid. NBC's Katy Tur reports.

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  • 2
    Jan
    2013
    3:35pm, EST

    Cleaning up after Sandy damage, as Congress postpones vote for aid

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    A destroyed home is viewed along the beach in the Belle Harbor neighborhood in the Rockaways on Jan. 2, in the Queens borough of New York City. Criticism, including by President Barack Obama, has been directed at the Republican House's decision to adjourn without passing a Hurricane Sandy aid bill. According to early estimates, Hurricane Sandy inflicted at least $50 to $60 billion in damage across the Northeast, making it one of the most destructive storms ever.

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    The remains of part of the boardwalk lie along the beach in the Rockaways on Jan. 2, in the Queens borough of New York City.

    Slideshow: Recovering after Sandy

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    Residents of the Northeast are still picking up the pieces after Superstorm Sandy.

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    Tracy Connor, NBC News -- House Republicans came under a blistering bipartisan assault Wednesday for punting on Sandy relief, with one GOP congressman saying anyone from New York or New Jersey who donates money to his brethren “should have his head examined.”

    The governors of New York and New Jersey accused the GOP-led House of a “dereliction of duty.” Rep. Peter King, a New York Republican, called the surprise vote pull-back “disgraceful, indefensible and immoral.”

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    A destroyed home is viewed along the beach in the Belle Harbor neighborhood in the Rockaways on Jan. 2, in the Queens borough of New York City.

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    Men help to construct a new sea wall along the beach in the Belle Harbor neighborhood in the Rockaways on Jan. 2, in the Queens borough of New York City.

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    A man walks on the remains of part of the boardwalk along the beach in the Rockaways on Jan. 2, in the Queens borough of New York City.

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    It's all a big scam, they don't need the money. They live on the shore line, beachfront property, luxury real estate, they already have money. They have insurance if they have a mortgage, if they don't choose to have insurance after the mortgage is paid -that's their choice. Where they live is vulne …

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  • 27
    Nov
    2012
    5:07pm, EST

    Shovel by shovel, workers clean sand from Rockaways pool

    Lucas Jackson / Reuters

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    Locally hired contractors work to clean sand, deposited by the storm surge of Superstorm Sandy, out of a pool in the Rockaways section of Queens, New York City on Nov. 27.

    Reuters reports, New York state and New Jersey need at least $71.3 billion to recover from the devastation wrought by superstorm Sandy and prevent similar damage from future storms, according to their latest estimates.

    • New York to hire 5,000 temp workers for Sandy cleanup
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    Slideshow: Recovering after Sandy

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    Residents of the Northeast are still picking up the pieces after Superstorm Sandy.

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