Patrick's Day parade in the Rockaways in Queens on Saturday and a so-called inclusive St.
On the Rockaways, cop cars, their blue and red lights twirling, idled at various intersections, keeping the peace.
The cleanup we joined in the Rockaways is just one of dozens of AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy relief projects.
Back in November, I volunteered to help out in the Rockaways, which was devastated by super storm Sandy.
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In Sandy-battered neighborhoods in the Rockaways, some residents who weathered the October storm said they were taking all precautions.
The foundation of the new World Trade Center flooded, as did Long Island locales like Fire Island and the Rockaways.
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In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, my company partnered with veterans' organization Team Rubicon to coordinate relief efforts in the Rockaways.
About 1, 000 volunteers hopped on buses at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and headed out past Kennedy Airport to the Rockaways.
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In the Rockaways, at the Stop and Shop on Rockaway Boulevard, the parking lot was full and checkout lines stretched around the aisles.
Mayor Bloomberg criticised Lipa for making inadequate progress in restoring power, particularly in the Rockaways, a series of beachfront neighbourhoods hard hit by the storm.
Rockaways could be used as for a communications post event assessment.
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Greenpeace's Rolling Sunlight mobile solar power array has been touring the streets of the Rockaways this week, enabling residents to charge their phones and other devices.
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The Army Corps of Engineers report also listed beach repair projects in Coney Island, the Rockaways and Long Beach as being potentially eligible for complete federal funding.
Breezy Point residents say the area's commitment to rebuild is rooted in the identities of a gated community like theirs or a growing beach community such as the Rockaways.
Much of NYC is also sea level and they fared well and were back up quickly in most areas (except the Rockaways which again, is serviced by LIPA).
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People from Breezy Point, the Rockaways, Staten Island and other affected areas brought photos to a weekend event hosted by the School of Visual Art of New York.
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One day last weekend I woke up at 4 AM, gathered my fishing gear, and drove out to the Rockaways in the New York City borough of Queens.
At the moment, all three are in the Rockaways, which the Long Island Power Authority still has not brought on line, with two more to be located there shortly.
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The agency's commissioner, Ronald Richter, said the funds will be used to repair 12 child-care centers in areas including Staten Island, Coney Island and the Rockaways that were damaged by Sandy.
On a surprisingly mild December day, we left from a marina near the Rockaways, made a short run to the open ocean, and started to drift some 200 yards off the beach.
Secretary Donovan will visit public housing developments in the Rockaways and tour Breezy Point, New York, to hear from state and local officials and see first-hand the damage and recovery efforts there.
Schneiderman cited one couple from the Rockaways trying to renegotiate their loan for three years after Alton Harden was hurt on the job and whose home was later damaged by Superstorm Sandy, pushing them into foreclosure.
It tapped directly into long summer rides to Jones Beach with the dash-mounted eight-track blasting, to boom boxes in the Rockaways and Beach Haven, and turntables in back bedrooms of ethnic neighborhoods in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and the burbs.
Unless you face a serious hardship, like many residents of Staten Island, the Rockaways and parts of New Jersey who have lost their homes, it behooves you to make the effort to go into the office or to find a way to work from home.
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The pianos, mostly donated uprights but also some grands, will be placed in some of the most iconic New York City spots this summer such as Times Square and Central Park and in more remote places like the Far Rockaways, Staten Island and areas underserved by the arts.
Beyond shaping the players themselves, teamwork at its best serves a deeper purpose whether it's Beastie Boy Mike D partnering with chef Sam Talbot to bring food to the Sandy-devastated Rockaways, or artists Sam Gilliam and Rashid Johnson, who have forged a mutually inspiring aesthetic bond, despite their 45-year age difference.
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