New York Faces Long-Term Housing Concerns After the Storm

Source: The New York Times

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The New York Times
Sunday, November 4, 2012 -- 1:05 PM EST
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New York Faces Long-Term Housing Concerns After the Storm

With many residents left homeless after the devastation from last week’s storm, New York-area officials began focusing on Sunday on another weather-related factor that might make the problems even worse: colder weather that is moving into the region.
In New York, 30,000 to 40,000 people, mainly residents of public housing, will have to find new homes, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Sunday. Mr. Bloomberg compared it to the situation after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
“I don’t know that anybody has ever taken this number of people and found housing for them overnight,” the mayor said.
Many residents in New Jersey, on Long Island and in Connecticut face a similar problem.
“This is going to be a massive, massive housing problem,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said.




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