After Hurricane Sandy, Pier 25 in Lower Manhattan had uprooted concrete. All of the equipment was destroyed. The playground reopened on Saturday morning.
The first and second floor of 37-year-old Colleen Deparsia's New Dorp beach home were washed out by Superstorm Sandy. Deparsia goes across the street every day to the Cedar Grove Community Hub to use a computer.
In a bit of a haze after spending the day testifying before the Grand Jury, Dina Perez returned home exhausted and disturbed that her alleged attacker is back on the street.
Foster Mom Sheba Anderson said the gift was already wrapped when she got it the Thursday before Christmas during a toy giveaway hosted by the private non-profit foster care agency contracted by the Administration for Children's Services.
A huddle of uniformed officers from Bergen County filed out in a caravan of black and white cars with red and blue flashing lights on a different type of relief mission Friday morning.
The auditorium had to be sealed off, and parts of the stage where the mold was found had to be removed, according to an environmental study that was conducted Wednesday. Asbestos in a crawl-space also needs to be removed.