News and Video coverage

 

Published on Feb  6, 2013 by Tom Hale. Former Gerritsen Beach Cares Chairman Michael Taylor & GBC Deputy Director Kelly Mead talk about the neighborhood and how we're managing post-Sandy...

Published on Dec 13, 2012 - One of the hardest-hit Brooklyn neighborhoods is  Gerritsen Beach, where the city says it expects to have to demolish a number of badly damaged homes. But for property owners whose structures will survive, help is coming from a non-profit called Gerritsen Beach Cares. They've received a grant from the Brooklyn Recovery Fund...

Rodger Hanson and Friends created this uplifting video.

A wounderful victim volunteer Beth helps with the mobile delivery of sleeping bags and other need supplies. 

Thanks to a North Face donation arranged by Eric Klien of the CAN-DO.org hundreds of sandy affected residents received clothing.

Published on Nov  2, 2012: The New York City Police Department's Counterterrorism
personnel escort tons of food and water from the department's facility at Floyd Bennett Field, bound for New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Sandy

Published on Oct 30, 2012: Superstorm Sandy posed a huge challenge to police and
other emergency personnel. Senior correspondent John Miller talks to NYPD
Commissioner Ray Kelly at New York City's Emergency Command Center.

Published on Nov  3, 2012: Crews leaving Floyd Bennett Field with food and supplies for distribution centers in the hardest hit areas of the City. NYC Service volunteers and the National Guard distribute food and water to Coney Island residents. 11/03/12