by Gary Snyder
After calls to
release money raised for their benefit as well as the way the money was spent, checks are
finally seeping out for this and other storm-related charities.
"It's
been an intense seven months," Michael Sinensky, co-founded
of Friends of Rockaway after Superstorm Sandy said. "We
believe that we'll be working on rebuilding efforts for another two
years."
The
charity received a check for $720,000 from the Red Cross. The NYC Home Repair
Consortium provided another $750,000 for the charity. Altogether, Friends
of Rockaway has raised $2.5 million, money that is providing volunteers and
professionals to help clean and repair storm ravaged residences in the
Rockaways. The group is focusing on mold remediation now and has identified
about 90 homes that will benefit from the new funding.
Friends
of Rockaway has six full-time employees, and it has hired locals to do much of
the work, providing employment to people who lost their jobs after the storm.
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