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The Mold
In the aftermath of the hurricane, volunteers mobilized to provide aid to Rockaway residents. Twelve hundred and fifty one surveys were collected from residents living in Far Rockaways. In the last two weeks of December, NYCC organizers called and visited a sample of the initial survey takers to assess the current habitability situation, two months…
The Time In Between
We first met Turner in the People’s Pantry, a community relief center in Toms River, New Jersey. Housed in a cavernous 20,000 square-foot storefront in a suburban shopping plaza on Fischer Boulevard, the Pantry has become a permanent fixture of the community. Like many other middle-class residents in limbo, Turner first came to the Pantry…
This Was a Monster
Arriving Home
Looking back at this video is a scary reminder of exactly how I felt the day after the storm hit. We got evacuated the day before and we packed up our bags and our two babies and stayed at my brother-in-laws for the night. We had know about the storm for almost two weeks and…