May 03, 2013 10:29 am Staten Island resident Joseph Tirone brought the idea of a buyout group to his neighbors. Photo credit: Buck Ennis A few weeks ago, in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island, it looked almost as though some sort of neighborhood reunion was taking place. Former residents milled about and chatted amicably …
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May 01
Hurricane Sandy Buyouts Cause Storm Of Confusion, Worry From Politicians by David Howard King
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 …
Mar 12
Governor Cuomo Seeks Federal Approval of NY State Plans for Housing and Business Storm Recovery Programs
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 …
Feb 27
Staten Island area hit by Sandy chosen for buyouts BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
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 …
Feb 21
Buyouts for Staten Island’s Sandy victims inching toward reality By Kiawana Rich
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 …
Feb 17
Hurricane Sandy final blow: Staten Island neighborhood abandons all hope as residents seek buyout BY MATT LYSIAK AND GREG B. SMITH
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 …
Feb 15
Should We Cease to Build in Harm’s Way with Warren Olney
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 …
Feb 06
Oakwood Residents Concerned About Flooding From Storm By Aaron Dickens
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
Feb 06
Mr. Cuomo’s Sandy Plan Editorial
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York wants to spend as much as $400 million to buy and raze damaged homes in the floodplains of New York State. These properties, victims of Hurricane Sandy, would then be turned into parks, bird sanctuaries, dunes or simply stretches of open beach, serving as buffer zones to protect residents inland from …
Feb 05
Staten Island lawmakers back Cuomo proposal to buy and demolish homes destroyed by Sandy By Tom Wrobleski
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Give the shoreline back to Mother Nature. Staten Island lawmakers on Monday said they backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ambitious proposal to buy and demolish homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy and permanently preserve the land as underveloped coastline. “Some portions of Staten Island should be ceded back to Mother Nature,” said City …