Posts Tagged ‘ Hurricane Sandy ’

Those of you willing and able to help can donate to the Stephen Siller Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund. Occupy Sandy is still coordinating recovery efforts as well. You can find the hub of their activity here. Even as New Yorkers-as well as people throughout the country-have contributed to relief efforts, the criminal, parasitic class...
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With the resignation of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, it’s instructive to take a brief look over the Obama administration’s  labor policy priorities these past four years. Although the prime objectives of organized labor, such as the enactment of card check legislation, never saw the light of day during President Obama’s first term, labor unions...
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Living in this city your entire life gives one the opportunity to experience things you would not normally encounter in any other part of the country. Many of these experiences are deeply unpleasant and disturbing, including periodic attempts, with varying degrees of success, by terrorists to blow up large sections of it, along with its inhabitants....
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Last December, as you may remember, I went to my old neighborhood of Dyker Heights to share some of the more ostentatious seasonal displays with our readers. This year I decided to stay on the island and visit a local hair salon which was holding a toy drive for families who’ve been impacted by Hurricane Sandy,...
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It’s difficult to find humor in an event as tragic and consequential as Hurricane Sandy, which left thousands of people temporarily homeless and hundreds dead from Port-au-Prince to Breezy Point. However, some local comedians, including my friend Robert George, are attempting to use the gift of humor to help out some of those whose...
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To find out more about this benefit for Sandy relief, how to contribute and/or how to purchase Stand with Staten Island apparel, check out their website, Stand with Staten Island. For updated news, they’ve set up a Facebook page.
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  Team Rubicon is a fantastic initiative which brings together emergency and medical professionals with military veterans in order to assist victims of natural disasters throughout the globe. From the Anatolian peninsula to the Caribbean, it has been one of the  first relief organizations to help those whose lives have unraveled due to earthquakes,...
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In the spirit of generosity that characterizes the Christmas season, some residents of Staten Island have decided to start a toy drive for the families who have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Details, courtesy of Kelley McCarthy and Dominick Andreana, can be found below. Every holiday season our fellow community member Dominick Andreana hosts a toy drive for...
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One of the communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy is the Rockaways, a peninsula of Long Island located in the borough of Queens. Known for its many Irish and Irish-American residents, this part of New York City-among other neighborhoods-will be the beneficiary of outreach by a coalition of Irish organizations this coming Saturday. You can...
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On this holiday, we would just like to extend our gratitude to all of our readers. For those of you who are still following American Rattlesnake, we give thanks. One thing we can all be thankful for is that Agent Jesus “Chito” Diaz is no longer separated from his family because of a manifestly...
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