BP MARKOWITZ CRITICIZES BROOKLYN’S EXCLUSION FROM HURRICANE IRENE FEDERAL EMERGENCY DISASTER RELIEF

“This weekend all New Yorkers came together, prepared for, and fought through a tough storm. Our ‘Brooklyn Attitude’ allowed us to bounce back quickly and our city was open for business Monday morning.

However, there is still a lot of work to be done to recover from Hurricane Irene. In Brooklyn, hundreds of trees were knocked down, doing significant damage to cars, homes and infrastructure, and some Brooklynites remain without power. Brooklyn’s low-lying ‘Zone A’ neighborhoods that were evacuated saw significant flooding, including Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Coney Island, Red Hook, DUMBO and Williamsburg. Just yesterday, it was discovered that a section of the BQE may be unstable as a result of storm damage and will need urgent repair. The storm even made landfall at Coney Island.