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We are our neighbors in every way we can into town and uplifted Sheepshead Bay to capable of this and we have shown and New York Parenting Media will our surrounding wa- Howard Beach, from in the past that we can and will do be there to bring continued infor- ters. That was before City Island to the Rock- this. We have taken hits before, all mation about our families and our the coastal bliss turned aways, our shoreline kinds of hits and we always find a children. We will continue to love into the home-wrecked and shores have taken way to move forward through the each other. nightmare and before the lights a hard hit, and the people who trauma, through the darkness and I thank our wonderful staff, for went out in so many parts of New inhabit them, the residences, and into the light of a new day. their hard work and creativity, and York. the businesses will not instantly be We must remember at this holi- I wish all of them and all of you a Many communities inside our reestablished. There will be contin- day time, this ending of the year Happy New Year! larger New York community are ued suffering and loss. The beaches that we are all vulnerable and that Thanks again for reading! devastated; so many families have of Staten Island and the Boardwalk our neighbors need us and will be lost their homes and their memo- of Coney Island have become rub- needing us for months to come. We ries; some things just cannot be ble and the families who lived there must also be thankful for the plenty replaced. Still, in spite of the horror will not live there anymore for now we have and for the ability we have and the punch of this storm and it’s until we sort this out, rebuild per- as a community to bounce back aftermath, we have learned that our haps, and reexamine what we need and to survive the difficult times, Susan Weiss-Voskidis, neighbors will not be abandoned; to do down the road to avoid such together and with union. 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