Queens

Ford Sypher and Team Rubicon

Ford Sypher knows something about closing a circle, making a healthy return. When I asked the former regional director in Team Rubicon, the organization of U.S. military veterans devoted to disaster relief, to elaborate on his description of the group’s dynamic—“We’re providing service to those most in need—while helping save ourselves,” Sypher told a reporter…

Still not home

My husband and I are safe and sound, but we have not yet been able to return to our home... the date is April 5th... this is something we NEVER expected... The contractors had predicted a return date of February 14th, but told us not to tell anyone... obviously that date has come and gone…

The Mold

In the aftermath of the hurricane, volunteers mobilized to provide aid to Rockaway residents. Twelve hundred and fifty one surveys were collected from residents living in Far Rockaways. In the last two weeks of December, NYCC organizers called and visited a sample of the initial survey takers to assess the current habitability situation, two months…