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Isn't this what you folks voted for the nanny state? Where are the underpants for these folks???
"What we do need right now ... is underwear. Undergarments for children and adults," Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro told "Good Day New York," a local TV program on Fox. "That's what we need. That's what we're in desperate need of."
"It's like a third world nation," he said of the destruction on the island's south shore.
Don't be alarmed though. Underpants, diapers, depends will be on the way. The word is out that the fed can print money. That's right the wealthiest state in the union is broke and they demand we print up money for em. It really does grow on trees...........
According to New York’s top public finance official, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the Feds should pick up the tab for two reasons. First: The state is essentially broke. New York State and City are already tens of billions of dollars behind on their pension funds. State and local governments have no real emergency fund. Tax collections from before the storm even hit were less than hoped for. And the effects of the 2009 recession are still plaguing the state.
“The problem is the state is limited in its resource capacity. We just put out the mid-year report a week or two ago and it really showed tax revenues are down,” DiNapoli said. So the government should bail us out. But it is the second reason that is most revealing about the perilous state of America. “I think the focus will have to be on Washington, for obvious reasons,” DiNapoli told reporters. “They have greater resources. They can print money; we can’t do that here” (emphasis added throughout).
It is sad that there are people out there like the OP that thinks these things just go away overnight. Just because it isn't in the news daily doesn't mean the damage has just gone away and these people are happy living in new homes. Maybe it would be best for the OP to complain less and donate more.
I think the local governments are in collusion to cause a permanent abandonment of the area. The purpose being to rebuild the area at high values so the rich can live nearby without having the poor in the way.
It is sad that there are people out there like the OP that thinks these things just go away overnight. Just because it isn't in the news daily doesn't mean the damage has just gone away and these people are happy living in new homes. Maybe it would be best for the OP to complain less and donate more.
Exactly! We went through Hurricane Charlie. I needed a new roof and got it the week before Christmas that year.
Considering I live here in Staten Island op and you obviously do not I think when it comes to Staten Island I can speak better about it than you. So with me saying that this islands South/North shore got hit very hard and I mean VERY HARD. If you think that you can just wave around your magic wand and put it back to normal in only a few months than be my guess and try. Fema takes care of the money, RED CROSS/GOODWILL they take care of the food and clothing so if our useless borough president has a problem than he should be talking to Red CRoss or Goodwill. And for the record where I work they are always bringing in clothes/jackets/food and donating them to redcross/Goodwill to help the victims of sandy. IF you care so much then please come out here and help out otherwise say nothing. Thank you and happy holidays
Oh and btw Staten island routinely votes republican one of the boroughs that is ALWAYS RED wonder if they are still going to stay red now ???
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That's a lot of zeros
