Norma Mancia, a Salvadoran immigrant, lost precious documents when her Far Rockaway home flooded.
Jean-Marie Fougere, a parent coordinator, said he cast his vote at Far Rockaway High School for Mr. Richards.
"When I talk to people in Far Rockaway, they are just concerned with rebuilding their homes, " she said.
His two-story house in the Far Rockaway section of Queens hasn't had working heat since Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters destroyed the oil burner in the basement.
Besides Far Rockaway, the district includes Laurelton, Rosedale and Springfield Gardens.
"A little snow doesn't scare me, " said Leeann Rivera, 43, stocking up at the only major grocery store still open in the Sandy-ravaged Far Rockaway section of Queens.
Dr. Alan Rabinowitz was born in New York City, grew up in Queens, in Far Rockaway, and for a while was the "Knife Man" in a neighborhood gang.
The furniture is still wet and the curtains are black with mold in Pura Gonzalo's Far Rockaway home, where the 89-year-old Cuban immigrant says she has throat problems and feels exhausted.
But that's exactly what a second-grader had inside his Batman backpack Thursday morning when he arrived at Wave Preparatory Elementary School in Far Rockaway in Queens, Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said Friday.
Despite being unsatisfied with the city's response to the damage wrought by Sandy in Far Rockaway, Mr. Fougere said he was voting for Mr. Richards because he was a familiar face around the community.
It was not good news in portions of New York and New Jersey, where homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in places such as Staten Island and Far Rockaway, Queens, lacked basic utilities needed to restore heat.
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