My husband, Ralph, and I have been spending time in the Hamptons, a string of beautiful beach towns on the far eastern end of New York's LongIsland, since the 1970s.
Alda, who lives in NewYork City and has a home on easternLongIsland, said that as his 12-year tenure as host of "Scientific American Frontiers" was ending in 2005, he began seeking out a university interested in his idea for a center for communicating science.
Mr. Cuomo said plow crews and utility workers were being sent from NewYork City and all over the state to easternLongIsland to aid with storm recovery.