Day: May 1, 2015

Politics, Sandy Related

City Comptroller calls Build It Back “a case study in dysfunction”, by George Fiala

In June, 2014, at a meeting at PS 15, Amy Peterson, Mayor de Blasio’s head of the Build It Back program, spoke to residents about the Build It Back program. We wrote at the time: “New York City’s answer to the major damage from Hurricane Sandy was meant to offer millions of dollars of assistance to families and businesses reconstructing […]

Carlos Menchaca, NYCHA, Op Ed, Red Hook Houses, Red Hook Senior Center

In Red Hook we take care of our own, by Carlos Menchaca

Dear Neighbor, It has been almost 30 months since the senior center on Wolcott Street was destroyed by the waters of Super-Storm Sandy. However, the good news is the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is aggressively moving forward with plans to renovate the building next to the Joseph Miccio Community Center to serve as a fully functional senior center […]