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NYC flies horde of drones in largest-ever coastal storm drill to prepare for 'next Superstorm Sandy'
A horde of drones swirled off Staten Island to assist would-be water-rescuers Tuesday as part of the largest-ever coastal storm dri🦩ll -- in preparation for the next potential Su🍌perstorm Sandy.
Sea levels around NYC could surge up to 13 inc💦hes in 2030s due to climate change: state study
꧅ Sea levels in and around New York City are expected to conservatively rise by 6 to 9 inches in the 2030s and by as much as 13 inches due to...
🐻 Nassau County sends help to Buffalo to return favor for Hurricane Sandy aid
A group of 18 volunteer public-works and emergency-management employees, as well as heavy equipment, was headed to the upstate city from Long Island to assist in recovery efforts 𓃲there. 🌠
Second Sandy: Get ready fo🍰r another super storm, experts say
𒁃 Warming temps and rising sea levels are likely to bring another big storm in the near future.
Gut-wrenching memories of a life claimed by Super🌌storm Sandy
Superstorm Sandy took Lenny Montalto's life and his home, but the postal worker's spirit endures in Oakwood Beach on St🌼aten Island, neighbors said.
Hurricane Sandy: Photos do💯cumen🍌t catastrophe 10 years later
Hurricane Sandy smashed into ൩the New Jersey coast and New York City ten years ago Saturday. 🐻
Widow of beloved mailman drowned during Sandy can't bear to leave
Rick Gold, a father-of-t🌱wo, was among the 44 New Yorkers who were killed when Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Big Apple on Oct. 29, 2012.
ജ How a Category 5 hurricane could wipe out New York City for good ♊
🎉 A new book imagines how a Category 5 hurricane could wipe out Gotham for good and asks: Are New Yorkers꧂ prepared for the horror?
Henri vs. Sandy: How this hurricane stacks up against 2012's killer storm
Hurricane Henri be🅠ars some frightening similarities to Superstorm Sandy — but there are also some marked differences between the two storms.
COVID-19 eviction ban nea൩rly makes Staten Islander homeless ꦇ
New York's pandemic eviction ban nearly made a Staten Islander lose her Superstorm Sandy-damaged home. Emily Barlow, who's been struggling to oust a squatting t▨enant from her one-bedroom bungalow in...
City Council approves $1.5B project to 'weather-proof' Lower Manhattan
There w♋on't be any cows floating away from downtown Manhattan if Mayor Bill de Blasio signs off on this just-passed plan. The City Council on Thursday approved a🌜 nearly $1.5...
Meet the New Yorkers choosing to live on iꩲts flood-prone coasts
Seven years after Hurricane Sandy, city dwellers are still m🦩aking real-estate bets on the Rockaways, South Brooklyn and Staꦐten Island -- to mixed success.
💜 De Blasio to blꦗame for botched Superstorm Sandy recovery: Malliotakis
This is still going on?!! Seven years after Supers💞torm Sandy, the de Blasio administration continues to botch rꦜecovery efforts for families of storm-damaged homes who are still dealing with mold,...
Protesters hold mock funeral to urge city to save East River Park 🔜
A city plan to temporarily destroy a beloved 🐠Manhattan park in a bid to prevent future flooding is so hated, hundreds of activists “buried” the proposal in a ඣmock funeral...
Superstorm Sa🍎ndy recovery funds going unspent by city: audit ಞ
The de Blasio administrat🧸ion still hasn’t spent $8.1 billion in federal funds for Hurricane Sandy recovery six years after the storm — ൩including $1.8 billion for NYCHA, according to a...
Ex-Assem♈blywoman sentenced to 6 months for Sandy scam 💃
Disgraced former Brooklyn Ass𒅌emblywoman Pamela Harris will serve just six months behind bars for defrauding the federal government, a judge ruled Wednesday. Harris showeಞd no emotion as Brooklyn federal court...
Judge pushe🍎s back sentencing for Pamela Haꦦrris — again
First he delayed disgraced politician Pam Harris'𓄧 sente🔥ncing, but now Brooklyn federal court judge Jack Weinstein says he needs to push it back even further -- because he wants to...
👍 FEMA crook sobs at sentence hearing, judge balks ඣ
Disgraced ܫformer politician Pamela Harris will have to wait until next Wednesday to learn whether or not she'ꦗll see the inside of a cell. Brooklyn federal court judge Jack Weinstein...
Ex-Assemblywoman may face m✨ore than 3 years behind bars
Prosecutors are asking a judge t🙈o slap disgraced former Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris with more than three years in prison at her upcoming sentencing. Harris admitted earlier this ye🅷ar that...
Subcontractor﷽s busted for ��$100K in Sandy fraud
Two subcontractors who removed debris during the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy have been indicted for cheating the city out of nearly $100,000 in billed work that was nev🌞er performed. Richard...