Over the past year a committee of local residents was formed to work with the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery to create a road to recovery post-Sandy. Red Hook was selected as one of ten NYC neighborhoods to participate in the NY Rising Community Reconstruction program. The goal was to create a plan that will help foster a more sustainable […]
Sandy Related
Sandy recovery topic of community meeting at PS 15, by Harrison Neuhaus
On the evening of Wednesday, June 25, city officials and Red Hook locals met in P.S. 15 for a meeting on Hurricane Sandy recovery progress. Sponsored by City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, the meeting was called mainly to inform citizens about the status of programs like Build it Back, and the city’s investments in future disaster prevention. The school’s gym was […]
Red Hook Coalition Finalizes Long-Term Community Recovery Plan, by Harrison Neuhaus
On the evening of Monday, June 23, roughly 30 Red Hook residents, community organizers, and politicians met at the Miccio Center to discuss progress on the Long-Term Community Recovery Plan. This project, funded by the Red Hook Coalition, has the goal of of producing a localized strategy to be put into place for the first 72 hours of a disaster. […]
Oversight meeting uncovers mold and money shortages, by George Fiala
NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer brought his traveling Sandy Oversight show to the auditorium of PS 15 Tuesday evening. Flanked by three of his deputies, by Councilman Carlos Menchaca and by the Mayor’s director of Housing Recovery, Amy Peterson, Stringer announced that he was in Red Hook to listen. This was not to be a normal feel-good town meeting Two lines were […]
The Red Hook Coalition – non profits working for the community, by George Fiala
The roots of the Red Hook Coalition may be said to lie at the ornate Atlantic Avenue building that today houses Trader Joes. For many years that building was the home of the main branch of the Brooklyn’s Independence Savings Bank. A bank moves to Red Hook Back in 1997, a local committee spearheaded by activist Wally Bazemore, was successful […]
Sandy brings state money to Red Hook for local improvements, by George Fiala
At a January 6 committee meeting for the Red Hook portion of NY Rising, almost 100 potential Sandy-related projects were discussed. The meeting took place at PS 15 and was attended by a host of consultants, committee members and other interested parties. The committee is headed by Gita Nandan, a local architect representing the Red Hook community, and Kate Collignon, […]
Protect us from flooding, by Jake Bienecke and Andrea Sansom
(EDITORS NOTE: Andrea and Jake are Red Hook residents. They have generously offered Star-Revue readers their experiences and advice in dealing with the changes since Sandy, as well as this call to action). Hurricane Sandy is sometimes called the “storm that sparked a thousand conferences,” a reference both to the effect the storm has had on the collective conscience of […]
Kimberly’s words on Sandy, One Year On
Fifty two Mondays of braving another week of survival and progress. Three hundred sixty-five pull-your-hair-out, fingernails-on-a-chalkboard days of frustration, obstacles and heartache. This ride through the heart of hell lingers on. So much healing remains undone. In lower Manhattan, shadows filled the darkened night streets, as people isolated themselves. In Breezy Point, Queens, people were forced to abandon their homes […]
A tale of Sandy Various Voices, One Story, by A.B. Decker
“I remember when the rain started to pick up, and the winds began getting strong, thinking, ‘This is gonna be worse than Irene…’ ” “My daughters screamed out, ‘Look at the water!’ I ran to the window and saw a river floating down Van Brunt Street. There was a Porsche floating by with people in it. I was in shock […]
Fine Fare to reopen soon, by Camille Daniels
Since two weeks after super storm Sandy devastated coastal communities, Fine Fare foods has had its doors closed. But in the next couple of months they’re promising a new return with some of the old store mixed in with new products, a new interior, and likely a new distributor. Open and serving Red Hook for some seven years, owner Damien […]