A new student-faculty group at SUNY Oneonta has planned two benefit events tomorrow to support the college’s Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Six SUNY Oneonta students teamed up with faculty and staff at the beginning of October to create the Oneonta Relief Corps. The ORC seeks to help people suffering due to natural disasters.
Tonight at Stella Luna Ristorante, 28 Market Street in Oneonta, owners and organizers are sponsoring a fundraiser to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The even, dubbed "Sandy Stock", runs from 7-9 p.m.
The State University of New York has teamed with the American Red Cross to help New York State recover from Superstorm Sandy, which devastated the downstate region in late October.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday that it is increasing the amount of rental assistance that it may provide eligible disaster survivors in New York and New Jersey. The rental amount, based on existing HUD fair market rates for fiscal 2013, is being increased by an additional 25 percent.
The West Oneonta Fire Department will be hosting a Hurricane Sandy relief drive from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday on State Route 23. All the monies raised tomorrow will be donated to the Broad Channel Fire Department on Long Island.
FEMA has issued three mission assignments for debris removal in New York and New Jersey to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Crews were deployed Nov. 5 in response to damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to begin clearing storm-damaged areas.
Insurers have been instructed to accept homeowners’ documentation, including photos and video, of losses so residents can discard debris before a second storm hits the region.
My daughter Frances finally was able to get out to me with a phone call yesterday afternoon. She is in Lower Manhattan and she gave me a brief description of what she saw re: Hurricane Sandy one week out. Take a listen!