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Superstorm Sandy

MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones (Photo by Al Bello/ Getty Images / Allsport)

Brooklyn Cyclones Open New Post-Sandy Chapter

The Brooklyn Cyclones have begun a new chapter on a new turf field on Coney Island, in a major symbol of revival from Superstorm Sandy.

14 hours ago

Chef David Burke and Mary Pat Christie. (credit: CBS 2)

Mary Pat Christie Rolls Out ‘National Dine Out Day’ For Sandy Relief

Don’t feel like cooking Wednesday? Your decision to dine out can mean help for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

17 hours ago

Mosquito (credit: CBS 2)

Will More Mosquitoes Mean More West Nile Virus This Year?

Between Superstorm Sandy and a very rainy June, it is shaping up to be an epic season for mosquitoes. But will that mean a lot more of the potentially deadly West Nile virus?

2013/06/17

Preliminary flood map for Ocean County, N.J. (credit: FEMA)

Post-Sandy Flood Maps Bring Some Relief To New Jersey Coast

The new maps significantly scale back the level of highest danger, the so-called V zones, which had caused many homeowners the greatest aggravation.

2013/06/17

John Franco (credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

John Franco To Lead ‘Team Franco’ In All-Star Game 5K At Prospect Park

The fourth MLB All-Star Game 5K & Fun Run presented by Nike will benefit Sandy Relief and take place on Saturday, July 13th in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York.

2013/06/16

Con Edison Linemen install a "smart switch" on Vanderburgh Avenue in Larchmont, N.Y. - June 14, 2013 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Con Edison Begins Installing ‘Smart Switches’ In Westchester

Utility companies can’t always stop trees from coming down, but Con Edison is trying to reduce the number of people who lose power when trees do come down.

2013/06/14

Along the Nautical Mile in Freeport, N.Y. - June 11, 2013 (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

Summer After Sandy: The Nautical Mile In Freeport, L.I.

Seventy-five percent of the restaurants and other businesses on the mile-long stretch of food and fun are back, according to Chamber of Commerce president Charles Hirschberg.

2013/06/14

Adolfo Carrión, Jr. (credit: Carrion 2013)

Eye On Politics: Adolfo Carrion Jr. Calls For ‘Mayor From The Outer Boroughs’

Adolfo Carrion, Jr. is a former Bronx Borough President and current independent hopeful for mayor of New York City.

2013/06/12

The Baltz's East Massapequa lighthouse (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)

Mini Lighthouse Stands Again On L.I. Months After Superstorm Sandy

Marcia Baltz and her husband built a red and white miniature lighthouse featuring a real revolving light as a birthday gift for their daughter 40 years ago.

2013/06/12

A flooded street in Lower Manhattan following superstorm Sandy - Oct. 30, 2012 (credit: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Bloomberg Proposes Levees, Removable Walls In Plan To Protect NYC

As part of the plan, removable flood walls would be set up for much of lower Manhattan as well as a 15-to-20-foot levee to guard part of Staten Island and a system of gates and levees to protect a Brooklyn creek.

2013/06/11

Home furnishings donated by Ikea on Hylan Boulevard on Staten Island - June 11, 2013 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Ikea Donates Home Furnishings To Still-Suffering NYC Sandy Victims

On Tuesday, the Swedish furniture retailer announced it will be donating home furnishings – including hundreds of beds, mattresses, dining room sets, and sofas – to those who lost “the basic furniture that helps to make a house a home.”

2013/06/11

West Shore Road in Bayville, N.Y. (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

West Shore Road Reopens Connecting Oyster Bay To Bayville

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and other officials cut the ribbon on Monday and Tuesday was the first morning drive for it since Sandy.

2013/06/11

Margaret Mazzio fought off a pair of would-be home invaders with a portable phone. (Credit CBS 2)

Quick-Thinking Woman Fights Off Thieves Posing As FedEx Delivery Men

Neighbors said they are concerned that the trouble hasn’t passed, and that the men may be looking for ways to take advantage of a neighborhood struggling in the wake of Sandy.

2013/06/10

A resident walks through floodwater on Coney Island after Hurricane Irene hit, in New York, Aug. 28, 2011.

Study: New York City Weather Will Get Much More Severe Over Next 3 Decades

If you thought Hurricane Sandy was bad the mayor’s office says conditions are ripe for far worse weather around here: like heat waves, droughts and coastal flooding.

2013/06/10

AmeriCares relief supplies (credit: AmeriCares)

Stories From Main Street: Stamford-Based AmeriCares Helps Those In Need Around The World

Whether it’s a tornado in Oklahoma, a tsunami in Japan, or an earthquake in Haiti, whatever the disaster is, chances are that many of the relief supplies came from a 50,000-square-foot warehouse in Stamford, Connecticut.

2013/06/10

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