U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced an additional $3.7 billion in disaster relief funds to help the four major transit agencies in New York and New Jersey that sustained the greatest damage from Hurricane Sandy. In addition to supporting …
Cranes and bulldozers have joined seagulls and surf as the new sounds of summer in the Jersey shore town that was the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. Workers have started demolishing the first of 50 storm-damaged homes in Mantoloking, where …
The Barnegat Bay Blitz cleanup in N.J., followed many local volunteer efforts during the last six months to collect debris from Superstorm Sandy, but the crews and students out still had plenty of work at hand. “We’re finding a lot …
Workers in New York City have carefully replaced the boom of a massive crane that dangled dangerously over Manhattan after it was twisted and warped by Superstorm Sandy. Construction crews began lifting the boom to its lofty position above 57th …
The ticking of the clock has been drowned out by the hammering of nails and the pounding of pile drivers in many Jersey shore towns racing to finish boardwalk rebuilding projects before Memorial Day weekend and the hoped-for onslaught of …
Delaware is getting up to $30 million in federal funding to repair and renourish the state’s southern beaches. Officials said Tuesday that the money will be used to restore Delaware’s ocean beaches to the conditions that existed before Superstorm Sandy …
More than $367 million in federal assistance has been approved to help Connecticut with disaster expenses related to Superstorm Sandy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Friday as other officials highlighted recovery needs along the shoreline. The funding is for short-term …
New Yorkers displaced by Superstorm Sandy will have at least two more weeks to remain in city-paid hotel rooms. According to The Wall Street Journal, a judge said Wednesday she’ll hear arguments May 13 on whether the city has done …
Superstorm Sandy released 11 billion gallons of sewage from East Coast treatment plants into bodies of water from Washington, D.C., to Connecticut, according to a report released Tuesday by a science journalism group. Princeton, N.J.-based Climate Central said that future …
Superstorm Sandy, a hybrid of a hurricane and two cold-weather systems, struck six months ago on Oct. 29, concentrating most of its fury on New Jersey, New York and Connecticut and becoming one of the most expensive storms in history. …