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  • beach
  • It's like coming home again. Even though it wasn't the best weather out, it didn't stop people from coming to check on their beloved beaches.
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long island, superstorm sandy, bay shore, jones beach, long island news, kristin thorne
  • nathans famous reopening
  • "Nathan's Famous" in Coney Island had a grand re-opening Thursday, more than six months after Superstorm Sandy.
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new york city, coney island, brooklyn, superstorm sandy, new york news, tim fleischer
  • bernie williams helps jersey shore sandy victims
  • Former New York Yankees player Bernie Williams surprised a high school student and his family who lost everything in Sandy.
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new jersey, little ferry, superstorm sandy, new york yankees, new jersey news, tim fleischer
  • temporary housing
  • It's a temporary shelter placed in their front yard. It's small, but it's a house, and it even comes with solar power.
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long island, amityville, superstorm sandy, long island news, kristin thorne
  • A Jersey shore town is celebrating a milestone as it rebuilds from Superstorm Sandy.
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new jersey, superstorm sandy, jersey shore, belmar, new jersey news
  • The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year.
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new jersey, belmar, superstorm sandy, new jersey news
  • jeremy hefner
  • Mets pitcher Jeremy Hefner was helping and thinking of the victim's of two vicious storms on Tuesday.
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new york mets, tornado, superstorm sandy, mlb, tim fleischer
  • October 13, 2013 will be Staten Island Day, dedicated to making a positive impact on the communities and providing support for ongoing recovery efforts, the New York Road Runners and Staten Island borough president James Molinaro have announced.
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new york city, hurricane, superstorm sandy, staten island, new york news
  • home buyback
  • Some 350 homeowners whose properties have flooded repeatedly will be eligible to sell their homes in a buyback program.
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new jersey, superstorm sandy, chris christie, new jersey news
  • mta subway flooding prevention
  • Transit officials said Thursday they're exploring alternatives to the plywood and sandbags they've used in the past to keep stormwater out of tunnels and stations.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, subway, mta, new york news, tim fleischer
  • superstorm sandy hotels
  • New Yorkers displaced by Superstorm Sandy will continue to be able to stay in city-paid hotel rooms.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, new york news
  • midnight
  • The lab mix is the object of a vicious game of tug of war instead of being reunited with his owner.
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new york city, brooklyn, dog, superstorm sandy, new york news, josh einiger
  • This time next week, perhaps the most famous symbol of Superstorm Sandy's devastation at the Jersey shore will be gone.
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new jersey, seaside heights, superstorm sandy, new jersey news
  • prince harry chris christie
  • Photos of Prince Harry touring two towns ravaged by Superstorm Sandy with Governor Chris Christie Tuesday
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harlem, prince harry, seaside heights, mantoloking, superstorm sandy, eyewitness news
  • Governor Cuomo unveiled his plan to fix the embattled Long Island Power Authority.
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long island, superstorm sandy, lipa, long island news, kristin thorne
  • After Hurricane Sandy, Pier 25 in Lower Manhattan had uprooted concrete. All of the equipment was destroyed. The playground reopened on Saturday morning.
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new york city, lower manhattan, superstorm sandy, new york news, darla miles
  • nyc crane accident
  • Residents of a Manhattan building are being displaced once again as crews replace a crane that toppled during Superstorm Sandy.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, crane accident, new york news
  • canned foods
  • The canned food pyramid in Cranford stands 15 and a half feet tall and 10 feet wide and will likely break a world record.
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new jersey, cranford, food, superstorm sandy, new jersey news, phil lipof
  • mantoloking home demolitions
  • Rain has led workers to postpone the demolition of storm-damaged homes in the Jersey shore town that was hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy.
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new jersey, mantoloking, superstorm sandy, new jersey news
  • prince harry visit
  • The mayor of a storm-wrecked Jersey shore town said Monday that England's Prince Harry will visit next week before heading to a news conference nearby.
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new jersey, superstorm sandy, prince harry, new jersey news
  • breezy point
  • New York City officials say the city should take a roster of steps to handle natural disasters better after Superstorm Sandy. Suggestions include buying more police boats, developing a system to track patients after hospital evacuations and lining up more generators, boilers and electrical repair gear.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, new york news
  • hurricane sandy crane accident
  • Work is expected to begin next week to replace the boom of a crane that nearly snapped off during Superstorm Sandy and dangled precariously over a midtown Manhattan block near Carnegie Hall.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, crane accident, new york news
  • superstorm sandy gas gouging
  • Twenty-five gas stations have settled price-gouging claims made against them immediately after Superstorm Sandy hit New York, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Thursday.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, gas prices, new york news
  • house recovered from ocean
  • Demolition work began Thursday on a house swept nearly intact into Barnegat Bay in Mantoloking during Hurricane Sandy.
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new jersey, mantoloking, superstorm sandy, new jersey news
  • She lived in her home for 70 years before nearly drowning as she escaped Superstorm Sandy.
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new jersey, superstorm sandy, new jersey news, amy freeze
  • long beach new jersey dune curse
  • "Bull----!" he roared, using the full version of BS. "That's what it is! They don't want their views blocked."
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new jersey, long beach island, chris christie, superstorm sandy, new jersey news
  • jersey shore rebuilds
  • Obama's housing secretary approved New Jersey's plans to spend $1.83 billion in federal money to help the state rebuild and recover from the storm.
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new jersey, superstorm sandy, jersey shore, mantoloking, connecticut, new york city, staten island, long island, new jersey news
  • This Sandy soaked homeowner lost everything but the clothes on her back, and now she says a cruise company's turned its back on her.
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superstorm sandy, 7 on your side, nina pineda
  • breezy point
  • The problem in Breezy Point is nobody knows for sure how tall the foundation has to be to get work permits for their homes.
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new york city, breezy point, queens, superstorm sandy, new york news, dave evans
  • feeding family
  • Two women on Staten Island started an organization and each day they help thousands of people affected by Sandy.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, food, staten island, new york news, lauren glassberg
  • long island news
  • A Long Island high school that has been closed for repairs since Hurricane Sandy hit six months ago is finally reopening its doors to students Monday.
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long island, superstorm sandy, long island news
  • superstorm sandy six months later
  • Anthony Johnson takes a look at progress since Hurricane Sandy
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mantoloking, new jersey, superstorm sandy, jersey shore, new york city, staten island, long island, connecticut, eyewitness news
  • The state will give homeowners 100 percent of their property's pre-Sandy value plus an additional five percent if they stay on Staten Island. While there have been reports that homeowners across the Tri-State would rather rebuild than take the buyout, that is not the case in Oakwood Beach.
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new york city, staten island, superstorm sandy, new york news
  • long beach boardwalk
  • Another step in the recovery from Superstorm Sandy came Saturday with groundbreaking for a new boardwalk in Long Beach.
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long island, long beach, superstorm sandy, long island news
  • 6 months after sandy, thousands homeless in new york and new jersey
  • Six months after Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey shore and New York City, the region is dealing with a slow and frustrating, yet often hopeful, recovery. Tens of thousands of people remain homeless. Housing, business, tourism and coastal protection all remain major issues with the summer vacation - and hurricane - seasons almost here again.
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new jersey, superstorm sandy, jersey shore, mantoloking, new jersey news
  • boat in yard
  • A homeowner on Long Island had her house destroyed, and she had an added problem, someone else's boat shipwrecked on her deck!
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superstorm sandy, 7 on your side, nina pineda
  • Having gotten only so far with "friendly persuasion," the Jersey shore community that was hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy is ready to take out the stick.
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new jersey, mantoloking, superstorm sandy, new jersey news, toni yates
  • ocean parkway reopens
  • Drivers are once again able to use all of Ocean Parkway, with the entire span open for the first time since Superstorm Sandy, thanks to a $32 million restoration project.
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long island, jones beach, superstorm sandy, long island news
  • sandy
  • For some people still out of their homes and relying on money from the government, the money is about to run out.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, new york news, tim fleischer
  • The American Camp Association is offering hundreds of scholarships to over 90 day and sleep-over camps.
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new york city, new jersey, children, summer camp, superstorm sandy, new york news
  • sandy car auction
  • More than 500 vehicles unclaimed after Superstorm Sandy will be auctioned off in New York.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, new york news
  • Federal mortgage payment relief has been extended up to one year for more than 200,000 homeowners whose houses were damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, new york news
  • There are a whole lot of angry workers asking where their money is for all their Superstorm Sandy cleanup work.
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long island, new york city, superstorm sandy, new york news, dave evans
  • The Red Cross helped her find the apartment, has helped her pay for her rent and gave her donated furniture. On Thursday, she signed up to become a Red Cross volunteer.
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long island, island park, superstorm sandy, long island news, kristin thorne
  • The agency approved paying another $28 million to a Canadian company to repair locomotives damaged when the rail yard where they were housed was flooded in late October.
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new jersey transit, new jersey, mass transit, subway, bus, superstorm sandy, abc7 traffic center
  • Sen. Charles Schumer says New York City homeowners who spent their own funds to make repairs should be reimbursed for costs that haven't been covered by federal emergency aid or insurance.
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washington politics, new york city, charles schumer, superstorm sandy, politics & elections
  • superstorm sandy cleanup
  • Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota has sent out subpoenas to the towns of Brookhaven, Islip and Babylon.
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long island, suffolk county, babylon, brookhaven, islip, superstorm sandy, long island news
  • sandy prom dresses
  • A New York City charity has collected more than 1,000 prom dresses, to be given to girls whose families were wiped out by Superstorm Sandy.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, new york news
  • new york aquarium to reopen
  • The New York Aquarium will partially reopen on May 25, a milestone that will be celebrated about seven months after Superstorm Sandy devastated the 14-acre aquarium campus.
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new york city, superstorm sandy, coney island, new york news
  • old south ferry subway station reopens
  • Lisa Colagrossi has good news for commuters who ride the Staten Island Ferry
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superstorm sandy, new york city, subway, commuting, eyewitness news