Update from the Rockaways: Elderly in high rise buildings are most at risk in Sandy aftermath

I don't know the names of the politicians for that neighborhood are but I wonder if contacting Bill DeBlasio who is our Ombudsman would be a good idea. He is furious that the NYHA is going to wait until January to give rental help or byes and these apartments were completely without power or heat or water. (Water cannot go up above the 6th floor in NYC without pumping. That is why you fill up the tub when problems are threatened. You need the water to flush the commode.) At age 72, I am experiencing a bad case of PTSD because this is reminding me of what we went through in 2001, during 9slash11 - the right hand didn't know what the left hand was doing. The thugs of the Rockaways have been doing horrible things like going to the doors of the Seniors, announcing they were from FEMA and when the door is opened a crack, robbing the innocent. We need Team Rubicon, Doctors without Borders and many, many well-organized groups to help. The Red Cross let us down during 9slash11; The Salvation Army did a better job. We need masses amounts of decent volunteers who are being well-directed and, of course, these City-run buildings to work with the Department for the Aging to prevent this travesty from happening time and time again. In this day and age of computerization, this should not be a problem. Seniors who are alone need to be inside a good support system and not ignored. Please help them.

After hearing about the way the Florida electrical worker was beaten in East Meadow, they should just pack up and leave.

get vp biden in the act - no time to suffer needlessly - king is another and paul ryan giving him a chance to shine

You mean to say that nobody thought of this as an issue even when there had been past power outages and this now is a concern. The seniors are always neglected and if it weren't for the helpers mentioned in the article, the plight of the senior would hardly be mentioned in the media. These high rises are deathtraps for elderly citizens when there is a disaster such as Sandy!