What are your state and local government officials doing to recover from the super storm Hurricane Sandy?
Statements from the Governor's Office -
A)Recovery costs along the eastern seaboard are expected to be record setting - perhaps as much as $20 billion - and Cuomo said he spoke with President Obama twice to request federal assistance. In a press conference this afternoon, the president said federal funds will be made available to New York, New Jersey and other impacted areas.
B)Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 156 rescue missions were made by state and city police. "It's fair to say that the state police and NYPD and the National Guard saved hundreds of lives yesterday," he said.
C) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said the the state's Public Service Commission will watch LIPA's response to the outages.
Work done by Local Public Officials -
1. To protect the health of residents and stop sewage from backing up into homes, hospitals, schools, firehouses, nursing homes and restaurants, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced today that the County and State critical response teams, aided by Governor Andrew Cuomo, State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, are relieving sewage pressure values throughout the Bay Park Sewage Treatment System and securing pumps to divert sewage from backing up houses and streets.
The critical response team of engineers is actively initiating a three-part Mitigation Plan:
• Immediately - Emergency relief will divert raw sewage to Rockaway Channel
• Up to 30 Days - Triage repairs to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant anticipates partial treatment of sewage.
• 6 - 12 months - Comprehensive repair of the facility. Initial assessments indicate that repair will require replacement parts to be engineered, manufactured and replaced. The assessment process is ongoing and plans will be updated as they become available.
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2. "We have 100 trees that came down on power lines that we can't touch until LIPA gets to them," said DPW Commissioner Justin McCaffrey Tuesday. McCaffrey and many on the TOBAY team stayed overnight at the emergency center in Syosset prepping for damage control after Sandy left the area.
3.In Massapequa, seven working fires were reported Monday before midnight. According to Commissioner McCaffrey, flooding in the streets held up fire trucks so long that some houses burned to the ground. Two trucks were essentially destroyed trying to get to the scene, said McCaffrey. He added that the National Guard had to rescue fire crews who were standing on top of their trucks on the impassable roads.
4. Massapequa Park Mayor James Altadonna praised the work of officers from Nassau County's 7th precinct for keeping the area safe all night. Altadonna said there were many trees and wires down, and crews were starting the process of clearing the main roads. There were some cases in which village workers had to wait for LIPA to clear roads, an official said. Altadonna said they hoped to get to the secondary roads after the main roads are cleared.
Based on the Readings you've done in Chapter 4 "The Role of State and Local Governments" What do you believe the long term implications of Hurricane Sandy will be for Massapequa, Nassau County and the State of New York. Be certain to incorporate vocabulary from Chapter 4 in your response.
