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Date registered: January 24, 2013

Latest posts

  1. Governor Cuomo Announces Staten Island Buyouts — February 18, 2017
  2. After The Waves, Staten Island Homeowner Takes Sandy Buyout — November 17, 2014
  3. Fox Beach fades to green After Superstorm Sandy, Staten Island neighbors give their homes to Nature — October 29, 2014
  4. Oakwood Beach: Sell out, tear down and leave — October 20, 2014
  5. Retreat from the Water’s Edge BY NATE LAVEY — October 16, 2014

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  1. Cuomo Seeking Home Buyouts in Flood Zones By THOMAS KAPLAN — 1 comment
  2. Second House In Oakwood Beach Demolished After Sandy Buyout — 1 comment
  3. In a Global Warming World: Protect and Rebuild or Retreat? — 1 comment
  4. Fox Beach fades to green After Superstorm Sandy, Staten Island neighbors give their homes to Nature — 1 comment

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May 01

Hurricane Sandy Buyouts Cause Storm Of Confusion, Worry From Politicians by David Howard King

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Gotham Gazette, News

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Fox Beach community of Staten island sits only a few blocks from the ocean on wetlands where tall reeds sprout across the landscape. After the lives of three of its residents were lost during Hurricane Sandy and flooding destroyed a number of the small bungalows that make up the community, more …

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Apr 28

Oakwood Beach community mulls home buyout plan from Pavement Pieces

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NYU, NYU Pavement Pieces, Vimeo

Oakwood Beach community mulls home buyout plan

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Apr 26

Rep. Grimm Applauds Approval of NYS Recovery Plan, Providing Funding for Staten Island Buyouts

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News

STATEN ISLAND, NY – Rep. Michael G. Grimm (R,C-SI/Brooklyn) applauds today’s announcement of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approval of the NYS Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program, which clears the way for home buyout programs: “I applaud Secretary Donovan and Governor Cuomo for expediting the approval of the New …

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Mar 27

Buyout Announcement

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Uncategorized

On Monday, February 25, 2013, Governor Cuomo in his State of the State address at CSI, announced the NYS buyout program.  He said “I want to be there for people and communities who want to say, ‘I’m going to give this parcel back to Mother Nature.’”  The Foxbeach section of Oakwood Beach is such a …

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Mar 12

Governor Cuomo Seeks Federal Approval of NY State Plans for Housing and Business Storm Recovery Programs

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News

Andrew M. Cuomo – Governor Governor Cuomo Seeks Federal Approval of NY State Plans for Housing and Business Storm Recovery Programs Albany, NY (March 12, 2013) NYS is First State or Local Government to Release Action Plan for Initial $1.7B in Federal CDBG Funding for Disaster Recovery Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today submitted New York State’s proposal …

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Feb 27

Staten Island area hit by Sandy chosen for buyouts BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Announcements, Crain's New York, News

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 141 homeowners in storm-ravaged Oakwood Beach will participate in a state program, in which the state will buy their homes at pre-storm values. (AP) — A Staten Island neighborhood where three people died during Superstorm Sandy will be the first to get state-sponsored home buyouts. Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined the planned …

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Feb 21

Buyouts for Staten Island’s Sandy victims inching toward reality By Kiawana Rich

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News, Staten Island Advance

STATEN ISLAND, NY — A plan for storm-weary Staten Islanders, whose homes have been ravaged by Hurricane Sandy, to sell their residences to the government is definitely a go, according to local and community representatives. “The buyout is happening,” said Michael Arvanites, deputy chief of staff for state Sen. Diane Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn), to a …

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Feb 17

Hurricane Sandy final blow: Staten Island neighborhood abandons all hope as residents seek buyout BY MATT LYSIAK AND GREG B. SMITH

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New York Daily News, News

Eighty percent of the 183 homeowners in a six-block section of Oakwood Beach have banded together to ask Gov. Cuomo to buy them out — all of them at once. DEBBIE EGAN-CHIN/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Residents of Fox Beach ask the government to buy them out of their houses at pre-storm rates and use the …

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Feb 15

Should We Cease to Build in Harm’s Way with Warren Olney

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News, NPR

Click here to listen to part 1 of the program Click here to listen to part 2 of the program Click here to listen to part 3 of the program New York’s Governor Cuomo says the lesson of Superstorm Sandy is the vulnerability of coastal development to climate change.  Instead of rebuilding damaged properties, he wants to …

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Feb 06

Oakwood Residents Concerned About Flooding From Storm By Aaron Dickens

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News, NY1

NY1 VIDEO: Some Island residents were concerned Friday that the incoming snowstorm would overflow a nearby estuary, which spilled out into their homes during Hurricane Sandy. To watch the video please click here

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