hurricanes
Staten Island still recovering from Sandy, urging Obama to visit; PS 22 Chorus movie up for Gotham Award (vote!)
We already posted some of Gretchen Robinette’s pictures of Staten Island after Sandy. Here are some more. They’re a reminder of how hard the borough got hit, a fact that not only needs to be remembered, but which needs to reach the right people…
Black Tusk playing late night Sandy benefit tonight; Lord Dying replaces Indian Handcrafts on tour
Black Tusk at Santos, June 2012 (more by Wyatt Marshall)
In addition to Bowery Ballroom tonight (11/11) or Saint Vitus tomorrow (11/12), Black Tusk will play a special late night show at Acheron tonight…
Have a great weekend! (but help still if you can)
“The sorting/distributing center in a chapel at @520ClintonOS for #sandy relief. Really easy to drop in and help.” – Caroline Polachek (of Chairlift)
Everyone have a great weekend…
Park Slope Armory still needs volunteers
I’ve tweeted a lot about this over the past two weeks, and mentioned it in some posts, but one easy place to help out for residents of Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and the surrounding areas is at the Park Slope Armory shelter (usually a YMCA) which is located on 15th Street between 7th & 8th (in Brooklyn, you can’t miss it)…
Rob Delaney adds last minute Hurricane Sandy fundraiser
The NY Comedy Festival is underway, and includes a show by Slayer and voting fan Rob Delaney at NYU on Saturday (11/10). It now also includes a 2nd Rob Delaney show on the same day in the same venue but later…
Help clean the Rockaways Saturday (with John Legend)
The Rockaways, post-Sandy (more by Gretchen Robinette)
THIS IS HAPPENING SATURDAY:Join We Care NYC, Reshma Saujani and our partners: Google, John Legend, New York Tech Meetup, Viacommunity, Uber, Popchips, Flavorpill, Enstitute, Levo League, Press Play Productions, Pencils of Promise, Agent of Change, LocalResponse, PlumAlley…
Relief efforts continue in CONEY ISLAND, HELP STILL NEEDED (pics & info)
UPDATE FROM TODAY 11/8:
I have spent the better part of four days volunteering with Hurricane Sandy victims in Coney Island.
I am working with Occupy Sandy AND the Presidents of the Coney Island Houses and the Odwire Houses…
Nor'easter approaches; Rockaway still needs us, as Anthony Weiner points out (info, pics, videos)
Jimmy McGovern, operations chief with New York City’s Sanitation Department, is tasked with clearing what superstorm Sandy left smashed onto the streets of this neighborhood, where he has lived for the last 20 years…
L Train tunnel pumped dry, MTA video released (watch)
The G train is back, and the L is getting much closer. The MTA just announced that the subway tunnel “has been pumped dry.” Don’t believe it…
Red Hook still needs help, residents without heat, businesses destroyed (though Sunny's is reopening) -- more pics & info
“While electricity is on in some of the buildings in the Red Hook Houses, almost none have heat. For the second day in a row RHI purchased and distributed 150 space heaters…
