Farms: Flooded by Sandy, Residents of Brooklyn Community Red Hook Organize Local Effort for Urgent Relief
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Flooded by Sandy, Residents of Brooklyn Community Red Hook Organize Local Effort for Urgent Relief As New York City continues the recovery from Superstorm Sandy, we travel to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, one of its hardest-hit areas. At least five feet of water flowed through most of Red Hook during the Sandy high-tide storm surge, flooding the commercial district and hundreds of apartments of people that live on the first floor or basement levels. On Wednesday, the day before the National Guard and FEMA arrived in the neighborhood, the Democracy Now! team interviewed a number of people who, hours after surviving the storm, began self-organizing relief efforts, including the Red Hook Initiative, a community organization that has teamed up with the Occupy Wall Street offshoot Occupy Sandy to provide food, water and other supplies to local residents, as well as coordinate clean-up efforts. We also speak to business owners and local residents, and visit the devastated local urban farm, Added Value.
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wish i was there to help
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speak for your self pat pie i live there now its far from a poor neighborhood the black truck that the camera passes on the 4 minuet mark is my car so i would know i was there threw the storm
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I feel so sorry for the people in Red Hook Bklyn ! It's such a poor neighborhood , I grew up there since 1948 and nothing was ever done there its like a forgotten place ! I still have family living there they have nothing and now after this storm they will have less ! New York State should be a shame of themselves ! We can fight wars in this country but we can't fight poverty ! How long does it take to help our own people in this country !
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thanks for the love these people are giving to the afflicted.
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#OccupySandy We are kicking butt and showing up Wall Street, Police, FEMA, Red Cross. Proof once and for all Wall Street cares only about their Idol which is money. We occupiers care about human beings. Wall Street may have the money but they have no soul left.