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Rising Gas Prices Becoming A New Year’s Trend

Gas prices have risen at the beginning of each year since the economic collapse – and 2013 is no exception, according to recent data.

2013/02/01

Waiting Room At Hoboken Terminal. (credit: Sonia Rincon, 1010 WINS)

Waiting Room At Hoboken Terminal Reopens After Post-Sandy Restoration

After re-opening the room in November, NJ TRANSIT closed the room on Dec. 19 after specialists detected the presence of mold.

2013/01/28

Clean-up continues amongst piles of debris where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away on Nov. 10, 2012 in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Displaced Sandy Victims Say City Housing Is An Unlivable, Rodent-Infested Alternative

Victims of Superstorm Sandy who are staying in temporary housing aren’t expecting room service, but some say that they are living in shocking conditions.

2013/01/27

Police: Pair Of Thieves Arrested For Stealing Relief Supplies In Storm Ravaged Areas Of Staten Island

Police say two thieves have been arrested in New York City for stealing relief supplies intended for victims of Superstorm Sandy.

2013/01/26

Some Staten Island Residents Still Call Tent Community Home Months After Sandy

It’s hard to believe there are still people living in tents three months after the storm made landfall, but that is what’s happening in New Dorp.

2013/01/25

Belle Harbor Manor Assisted Living Center (credit: CBS 2)

Life After Sandy Proving Difficult For Queens Seniors Stuck In Temporary Housing

The rooms at Belle Harbor Manor Assisted Living Center are empty of residents due to damage from the superstorm.

2013/01/25

Volunteer groups help Sandy victims in Union Beach. (credit: CBS 2)

Volunteers Remain Resolute In Helping NJ Sandy Victims Recover

Months after Hurricane Sandy devastated lives across our area, many volunteers are not giving up on the victims of the natural disaster.

2013/01/25

A man holds his child as they view damage from Sandy along the Jersey Shore in Belmar - Oct. 30, 2012 (credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

National Day Of Service Brings Hundreds Of Volunteers To Tri-State Area Beaches

The group says more than 2,500 people representing 22 organizations took part in the simultaneous cleanups that took place at 30 locations.

2013/01/19

Belongings that were ruined by floodwaters sit outside a house devastated by Superstorm Sandy on November 2, 2012 in Union Beach, New Jersey. Over 200 homes in a town of only 6,200 residents were destroyed by the storm. (credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Critics Complain Millions In Sandy Aid Tied To Other ‘Pork’ Projects

Conservatives and watchdog groups are complaining money that lawmakers are considering will actually go toward recovery efforts for past disasters and other projects unrelated to the late-October storm.

2013/01/14

Store Owner Donates Kitchen To Storm-Stricken Breezy Point Homeowner

The raging flames that torched Breezy Point during Superstorm Sandy stopped just short of the Connolly home, but that didn’t save the first floor.

2013/01/11

Some Residents In Sandy-Ravaged S.I. Not Happy With ‘Gawking’ Google Maps

Google’s street views are great for everything that stays the same, but on Staten Island, some homes have been destroyed.

2013/01/04

One of the pets boarded at the ASPCA's emergency boarding facility. (credit: Facebook/ASPCA)

ASPCA To Shut Post-Sandy Emergency Pet Boarding Facility In Brooklyn

Some 280 animals have been cared for at the facility since the storm hit. About half of them, though, remain at the shelter, waiting to be claimed.

2013/01/03

Dog In Post-Sandy Shelter (Photo Credit: ASPCA/Facebook)

Hurricane Sandy Emergency Pet Shelter Seeks Volunteers Over New Year’s Holiday

The ASPCA and the Mayor’s Alliance for New York City’s Animals are looking to rally their troops over the New Year’s holiday to help pets displaced by the superstorm.

2012/12/28

The remains of the Breezy Point neighborhood following a fire that broke out during Sunday as seen from Chopper 880 - Nov. 2, 2012 (credit: Tom Kaminski / WCBS 880)

Somber Christmas Marked In Breezy Point, Rockaways After Sandy

“For many of them, there’s a loss of faith perhaps. A loss of hope. A loss of concern. A loss of the sense of the future,” Father Michael Gribbon of Blessed Trinity Parish told WCBS 880′s Peter Haskell.

2012/12/25

A disaster cleanup worker looks for environmentally dangerous waste at a mass dump of household possessions on Nov. 13, 2012 in the Midland Beach area of Staten Island. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

New Yorkers Sentenced To Sandy-Cleanup Community Service For Minor Crimes

Last week, 70 people who were given community service after pleading guilty to infractions like public drunkenness, open container violations or speeding, were shuttled to Coney Island in Brooklyn to help with cleanup efforts after the devastating storm.

2012/12/19

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