Our thoughts are with everyone affected by Hurricane Sandy.
There are many resources to connect you to help with a wide variety of hurricane related issues faced by so many in the region.
Below are some of the sites we've found. There is of course some overlap.
We hope you find them helpful, and that they give you ideas about other possible types of assistance to ask about.
Counseling services at QC for QC students, faculty, staff at http://www.qc.cuny.edu/communications/news_services/releases/Pages/welcome.aspx?ItemID=1634 CUNY's resource list at http://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/sa/GeneralinfoResources.html Senator Schumer's web site at http://www.schumer.senate.gov/Contact/sandy.htm Senator Gillibrand's web site at http://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/issues/hurricane-sandy FEMA's Sandy pages at http://www.fema.gov/sandy NY City Restoration Centers - http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/dasc.html NY City Food and Water distribution sites - http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/foodandwater.html New York City's web site at http://www.nyc.gov/html/index.html NY City 311 at http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/nycsevereweather/weather_home.shtml Nassau County Hurricane recovery Information at http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/OEM/hurricane/SandyRecovery.html Existing Financial Aid web information with help for the unemployed at http://www.qc.cuny.edu/admissions/fa/Pages/news.aspx?ItemID=16 Disaster Unemployment Assistance at http://www.labor.ny.gov/ui/2012-sandy-services.shtm Mail Delivery Updates at http://about.usps.com/news/service-alerts/welcome.htm Voting November 6th - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/nyregion/after-hurricane-sandy-efforts-to-help-the-displaced-vote.html and http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/political_news/171862/buses-to-polling-sites-in-brooklyn--queens--staten-island NYC Housing Authority - partial rent rebates for periods of no electricity - http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/residents/howtopayrent.shtml
Some unofficial but possibly helpful sites include the following - which we provide with no guarantees - please be sure to do your own research to be sure whether or not information on these sites is correct:
