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APRIL 28, 2013 (Far Rockaway, NY)-- Marking the six - month anniversary of Hurricane Sandy that devastated communities in New York, New Jersey and other northeast states, Global Green USA today announced its first «Solar forSandy» partnership with the Rockaway Beach Surf Club.

We'd travel to The Rockaways, rendezvous with the Rockaway Beach Surf Club to deliver the supplies and then just go where help was needed.

2016 is a continuation MoMA PS1's ongoing collaborative programming alongside the Rockaway Artists Alliance in the Rockaways that began with the VW Dome 2, erected in 2013 in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and that continued with Rockaway!

is organized in collaboration with the Rockaway Artists Alliance, Jamaica Bay - Rockaway Parks Conservancy, National Park Service, Central Park Conservancy, NYC Parks & Recreation and Rockaway Beach Surf Club.

is a celebration of the ongoing recovery of the Rockaway Peninsula following the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, organized in collaboration with the Rockaway Artists Alliance, Jamaica Bay - Rockaway Parks Conservancy, National Park Service, Central Park Conservancy, NYC Parks & Recreation, and Rockaway Beach Surf Club.

Patti Smith and MoMA PS1 director Klaus Biesenbach are some of the more well - known residents on «The Rock,» so it's no surprise that they both have worked with the Rockaway Artists Alliance since Hurricane Sandy devastated the area in 2012 to revitalize the community with art.

Local food vendor favorites — including Caracas, Citysticks, DiCosmo's Italian Ice, The Big Banana with Rockaway Taco, and more — will be onsite throughout the day to keep artists and audience alike well provisioned with summer snacks and refreshments.

Are you looking for a date or a serious relationship with a Rockaway Point, New York single?

Ferry service was instituted on an interim basis after Hurricane Sandy destroyed the only subway access to Rockaway and it has been very popular with Rockaway residents.

For this Mayoral Mashup we spoke with Rockaway voters participating in the 31st Council District special election and asked one simple question: What do you see as the most important issue that our next mayor will face upon taking office?

Not exact matches

Since its founding in 2006 in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, SBP has rebuilt homes for more than 1,300 families with the help of 180,000 volunteers in New Orleans; Joplin, MO; Staten Island, NY; Rockaway, NY; Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ; San Marcos, TX; Columbia, SC; White Sulphur Springs, WV and Baton Rouge, LA.

At least when I do get to venture outdoors, I've got my super comfortable prAna Rockaway Jacket to keep me warm and my Ryley Crop Yoga Pants WITH POCKETS!

As you know, John Haggerty was sentenced to prison for stealing from Mayor Bloomberg, but readers want to know, is he in cahoots with his brother Bart, infamous political operative, and Chief of Staff to City Council Member Eric Ulrich (R - Rockaway)?

Those attendees, predominantly from Maspeth with a minority from Rockaway, deeply oppose siting a shelter in their neighborhood no matter what process or communication is used.

We recently spoke with Antonacci as he visited Breezy Point, at the tip of the Rockaway Peninsula, with Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino.

Far Rockaway was first, with 63, followed by Jamaica with 61.

Under the redistricting proposal submitted by the state Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, the Rockaways would be split, with Addabbo's district representing the western Rockaway neighborhoods, including Breezy Point and Rockaway Park, while Huntley would represent Arverne and Far Rockaway.

The July filing with the state Campaign Finance Board revealed that state Assemblywoman Michelle Titus (D - Far Rockaway) and state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) will be facing competition during this fall's Democratic primary.

Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the NYCHA Ocean Bayside Apartments in Far Rockaway, Queens with resident Iris Collado.

The 8 p.m. Far Rockaway event is taking place six hours after a more secular campaign kick - off Goldfeder will attend with another Assembly special election contender tapped by the Queens Democrats this week: Michael Simanowitz, the former chief of staff to retired Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn who is now running for his old boss» seat.

We talk with Lew Simon, an elected District Leader, and visit the wreckage of his office, which was destroyed in the Rockaway Beach Boulevard fire.

Today I spoke with Colonel Paul Owen, New York District Commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, about the timeline for the Rockaway beach restoration project.

He first discussed it at a press conference in Far Rockaway on October 15th, offering that he anticipates putting forth a «holistic development plan» that will outline a «long term vision for the economic growth of the Rockaways and the transportation to go with it.»

One note — the Mayor's schedule for Thursday includes «a meeting at City Hall with administration and elected officials to discuss Rockaway redevelopment.»

As The Wave newspaper of Rockaway has been extensively examining (see here and here), those changes in the NFIP, in combination with soon - to - be adopted new FEMA flood maps, will produce dramatically higher flood insurance rates and require many homeowners to purchase flood insurance for the first time.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

«From the complete destruction of the Rockaway Boardwalk to recreational assets and natural habitats broken up by wind and water, New York City's parks were faced with unprecedented damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,» Commissioner Mitchell Silver said.

A source who did a quick once - over of the Mann map said it appears Turner's home of Breezy Point - along with the entire Rockaway Peninsula — has been drawn into Rep. Greg Meeks» southern Queens district, which is majority - African American and therefore would be very tough for the freshman white Republican to win.

Ex-Congressman-turned-NY mayoral contender Anthony Weiner will meet with reporters at three Queens newspapers — the Chronicle (3 p.m.), the Tribune (4 p.m.), and the Courier (5 p.m.) He'll then attend a Rockaway Community Meeting at 6:45 p.m., 446 Beach 139th St. Queens.

We spoke with Goldfeder just after he returned to Rockaway this morning.

Also at 10:30 a.m., ATU 1179 call on the MTA to negotiate with the union which represents bus operators, mechanics and supervisors who work from the Far Rockaway and JFK Depots of the MTA Bus division, outside MTA NYC Transit's Two Broadway HQs, Manhattan.

His press office says he met privately last night with Holder's family at the Far Rockaway Community Church of the Nazarene.

At 10 a.m., Sen. James Sanders Jr hosts a press conference advocating for Far Rockaway to be included in the Long Island Rail Road's CityTicket program, with his bill known as the Long Island Rail Road Fare Act, Rockaway LIRR station, Nameoke St., Queens.

As far back as last winter, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was «less preoccupied with the overburdened shelter system» than with «the political threat from protests against proposed shelters» in Rockaway Beach and Elmhurst, sources told New York magazine.

Sanders allegedly suggested partnering with another community group, the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corp., which Sanders had funded with almost $ 300,000 in city grants over four years.

Speaking at a press conference on Beach 117th Street in Rockaway, Ulrich described Build It Back as hopelessly failing with little visible prospect of success.

The mayor outlined seven projects that the City will move forward with, using surplus funding from the rebuilding of the Rockaway boardwalk.

The memorial service is held annually in Rockaway on the date of the 2001 crash of American Airlines flight # 587, with a moment of silence timed to the exact moment of the crash.

Friends of Rockaway Beach hosted a candidate forum on July 31st, with five mayoral candidates attending.

Topics during the Q&A portion of his press conference included the looming discontinuance of the Rockaway ferry, a broad consideration of his earlier statement about «righting greater wrongs,» what happened to government funding for a ferry obtained by Anthony Weiner and Joe Addabbo, whether there is any City effort to «track down scammers» in the Build it Back program, how satisfied de Blasio is with the pace of Build it Back, whether an updated evacuation plan is contemplated in conjunction with increasing the housing supply in Rockaway and a government memo reported by The Wave which stated that more money was available from FEMA than publicly acknowledged and that such additional funding could be a political liability.

State Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (c.) tours the Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department in Rockaway with Chief Richard Colleran (r.) and Deputy Chief Louis Satriano.

All four East Rockaway village trustees and several of their family members are on the town's payroll in full - time and part - time jobs with salaries or stipends.

In this Report from Rockaway, we visit Belle Harbor, Rockaway Park and Arverne and talk with Congressman Gregory Meeks, New York State Assembly member Phillip Goldfeder and New York City Council member Jimmy Van Bramer.

At 5 p.m., Dietl will be campaigning and meeting with voters at the Rockaway Ferry, Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway Park, Queens.

Sanders, who represents the neighborhoods of Rosedale, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens, Far Rockaway, Arverne, Bayswater and Edgemere in the 31st Council District, donated $ 588,321 with 48 member items.

It will also enter 1,400 units in a development in Far Rockaway, Queens into HUD's controversial Rental Assistance Demonstration plan, which will remove the apartments from the usual federal subsidy streams and instead place them on Section 8 contracts — allowing NYCHA to mortgage the properties with private lenders and receive an array of tax breaks.

Another Turner voter said he cast his ballot for the Rockaway Republican because he agreed with Turner's views of «less taxes, less government.»

The mayor said he had reviewed the city's preparation plans with Commissioner Doherty to ensure snow removal efforts were being focused first in high - needs communities, like on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens.

The governor - elect was HUD secretary when the Rudy's City Hall got HUD to go along with the artful manipulation of the Dayton Seaside property taxes to create illusion of vast arrears for purpose of forcing new owners at these three Rockaway apartment buildings.

State Sen. James Sanders (D - Jamaica) mentioned problems with lead paint, as well as mold and heating outages, in NYCHA developments in his district, which includes South Jamaica, Ozone Park and parts of Far Rockaway.