FOOD AND WATER DISTRIBUTION   

The City began a food and water distribution operation at NYCHA Developments beginning Thursday, November 1. They remained until November 11, 2012.   

On Nov. 12, the City set up prepared/hot food distribution sites and free food trucks at the following locations.  

Queens   

Prepared/Hot Food Distribution Sites 

• Walbaum's (Parking Lot): 112-15 Beach Channel Drive (@ Beach 112 Street)
• Thriftway Mall (Parking Lot): 20-52 Mott Street between 20th and 21st Streets
• Key Food (Parking Lot): 87-15 Rockaway Beach Blvd. (between Beach 87th & 88th)
• St. Helen's Roman Catholic Church: 83rd St. & 157th Ave. 

Free Food Trucks, Sponsored by Mayor's Fund  

• Redfern Houses Community Center, Hassock Street and Beach Channel Drive
• Christ Community Church: Rockaway Point Boulevard and 208st/Breezy Point
• St. Francis de Sales: Rockaway Beach Boulevard at Beach 129th Street
• American Legion Hall: 209 Cross Bay Boulevard, Broad Channel
• Beach 25th & Seagirt, Rockaway
• Breezy Point Fire Dept., 2045 Rockaway Point Blvd., Rockaways
• St. Edmunds CHurch: Rockaway Point Blvd. & Beach 216 St., Rockaways
• Beach 49th St. & Beach Channel Dr., Rockaways    

Brooklyn

Prepared/Hot Food Distribution Sites   

• MCU Park (Parking Lot): 1904 Surf Avenue (@ West 19th Street)
• Fine Fare Supermarket (Parking Lot: 2901 Mermaid Ave., (W. 29th), Coney Island
• Searise Houses on Neptune btwn 34th & 35th, Courtyard next to 3485 Neptune Ave., Coney Island
•  IKEA - Free Meal Coupon: Coffey Park, 85 Richards St., Red Hook

Free Food Trucks, Sponsored by Mayor's Fund  

• Gerritsen Beach Fire Department: Seba Avenue between Canton Court and Dare Court
• Gravesend Houses, W 33rd St. & Neptune Ave., Sea Gate
• Coney Island Houses, W 35th btwn Surf Ave. & Mermaid Ave., Coney Island 
• Coffey Park, 85 Richards Street
• Holy Family Catholic Church, 9719 Flatlands Ave., Carnarsie

Staten Island   

Prepared/Hot Food Distribution Site

• Miller Field: Corner of Mill Road and New Dorp Lane  

Free Food Trucks, Sponsored by Mayor's Fund 

• Miller Field: COner of Mill Road and New Dorp Lane

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November 19, 2012

The New York City Housing Authority has successfully restored power, heat and water to all buildings affected by Hurricane Sandy.  NYCHA has also restored elevator service to 97 percent of the elevators impacted by the storm, or 681 of 699 impacted elevators.  The remaining elevators will be in service over the next few days. We have also begun restoration and remediation efforts in housing developments to clean, sanitize and restore all areas impacted by the storm.

While all electricity, heat, and hot water have been restored, some residents in the impacted buildings will occasionally experience service disruptions as generators are disconnected and buildings are re-connected to utility power, and as a result of ongoing maintenance of the approximately 24 temporary boilers providing heat and hot water to impacted buildings. NYCHA will have extra resources in place for as long as necessary to ensure that any disruptions are kept to a minimum. If residents experience service disruptions, they should call the NYCHA Customer Contact Center at 718-707-7771.

Current Status:

ELECTRICAL

• After Sandy hit, there were 402 buildings without electricity housing approximately 79,000 residents.
• Residents may experience intermittent service from the newly installed generators, and as a result of extensive water damage to electrical circuits.
• All buildings have had their electricity restored.

HEAT AND HOT WATER

• After Sandy hit, there were 386 buildings housing approximately 77,000 residents without heat and hot water.
• We have restored heat and hot water to all buildings.
• Residents may experience intermittent service from the newly installed boilers.

NYCHA will have extra resources in place for as long as necessary to ensure that any disruptions are kept to a minimum. 

ELEVATORS

• After Sandy hit, there were 699 elevators out of service.
• As part of the storm preparation, we initially removed 397 elevators from service. All of these elevators were damaged by the storm. In addition, our assessment found another 297 elevators out of service due to impact of the storm.
• We have repaired and restored to service 681 elevators or 97% of the 699 elevators impacted by the storm.
• We're actively working to safely restore elevator service to the remaining buildings within the next few days.

SANITATION EFFORTS

• NYCHA staff performed initial assessments of over 400 buildings in storm impacted areas across Brooklyn, Manhattan's Lower East Side, the Rockaways and Staten Island in the days after the storm, including community centers, management offices and general public spaces.
• Over the past week, NYCHA also dispatched over 100 crews from janitorial companies, along with 60 NYCHA crews from non-impacted sites, to remove garbage, clean stairwells and halls, and generally sanitize the buildings in an effort to improve sanitary conditions in all impacted developments.
• The next phase will focus on removing mold, mildew, oil and other harmful components deposited by or left by Hurricane Sandy in residential apartments, common spaces and mechanical rooms.  After the removal of these components, NYCHA will initiate repairs to any damage to the impacted units and common spaces.  

RESIDENT OUTREACH

• NYCHA has begun contacting residents of all first floor apartments in its developments in Far Rockaway and Coney Island where it is likely that apartments were flooded. 
• NYCHA will also survey apartments in other areas and on other levels to determine if there was water damage as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
• NYCHA will work with residents of these impacted apartments to identify temporary housing solutions, if needed, pending the cleaning and repair of their apartments.  In some cases, NYCHA will offer a temporary or permanent transfer to residents in impacted apartments.  NYCHA's Family Services staff will provide coordination services such as child care services, assistance linking children to neighborhood schools, as well as coordinating relocations for residents.