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SANDY vs THE PEOPLE

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  • One of the few warming centers & food distribution centers still open 5 weeks after Sandy, despite great need. Rockaway Queens, NY, 2012.
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  • 12-07-12.  By Syd London. 2116 Ditmas Ave #3L Brooklyn NY 11226. sydlondonphotography@gmail.com. www.sydlondon.com
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  • Coney Island After Sandy.<br />
11.09.2012<br />
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  • Arverne, Queens, NY.<br />
11/26/12
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  • The distribution of new clothing donations lead by local residents. 5/28/13
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  • Mother's Group, Action Center. Arverne, Queens, NY<br />
5/29/13
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  • The Action Center, a community center based in the Ocean Bay Houses became the hub of local community organizing.  1 week after Sandy they opened their own distribution center, for most this was the only access to food, clean water and basics like diapers.  Most stores remained closed for months. The one subway line that runs through the Rockaways was heavily damaged by the flood, it reopened  Memorial Day 2013. The majority of Rockaway residents' cars were also totaled by the surge.  12/23/12
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  • One year later many new and returning faces come for distribution. Saturdays are the only day distribution is held due to a shortage of supplies donated for distribution. Many report receiving little to no help from FEMA or NYCHA despite vast or total loss and damage. Residents of the Ocean Bay Houses had been instructed by NYCHA not to allow photographers or reporters inside their apartments or risk eviction. 12/21/13
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  • Distribution on 12-21-13
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  • The local post office had to be completely gutted from water damage after Sandy's Surge.  The only post office within walking distance of the Ocean Bay Houses did not reopen for nearly 4 months after Super Storm Sandy. 11/27/2012
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  • Ocean Bay resident Trina Maddox, LPN volunteered to create a medical clinic, free to residents who couldn't access  their medical care providers or didn't have a medical care provider.  The NYC Dept of Health distributed free N-95 masks & urged people impacted by mold to wear them.  They recommended people living in heavily damaged areas such as the Rockaways get tetnus shots which they also distributed to local health clinics. Doctors volunteering at the medical clinic repeatedly requested and were denied  the N-95 masks or tetnus shots.  Trina Maddox organized a flu vaccination clinic instead. 12/23/12
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  • During a press conference Mayor Bloomberg stated the NYC was back open and back to normal 1 month after Sandy.  The Health Dept and the NYPD shut down most of the pop up distribution  and medical centers citing lack of license. Lead by Ms. Aria Doe the executive director of The Action Center the licensed facility faught a shut down for over a month. Ms. Doe said she feared for the lives of thousands of people they served each day. According to the 2010 US Census 65% of this dsitrict lived 200% below the poverty line. Ultimately the city closed the Action Center for 9 days citing the need for mold remidiation despite never completing mold remidiation throughout the rest of the Ocean Bay Housing complex. 1/2/13
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  • Arverne By The Sea (right) is a waterfront development on Rockaway Pennisula in Queens NY. To the left of the Rockaway Freeway lies Edgemere. Edgemere and Arverne contain some of NYC's highest levels of crime, unemployment and concentration of public housing. 10/29/13
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