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November 5, 2012

New York City Faces Housing Crisis for 40,000 Displaced Residents 
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In New York City, subway service has now been mostly restored as the
city slowly continues its recovery. But with Sandy flooding and damaging
thousands of homes, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned of a
new housing crisis for up to 40,000 displaced residents in need of
shelter.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg: "We don't have a lot of empty
housing in this city so it's really a problem to find housing when we
need it. We are not going to let anybody go sleeping on the streets or
we're not going to let anybody go without blankets, food, and water but
it's a challenge and we're working on it as fast as we can."

On top of the displacement and loss of power, the recovery from Sandy
will see further strain later this week when an early-season
"Nor'easter" storm hits New England and the surrounding region.

 

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