Low income renters in two Brooklyn neighborhoods filed more Sandy FEMA claims than any other area in the city, a new report shows. There have been 14,649 Brighton Beach renters and 12,764 in Coney Island who sought federal help for their damaged apartments, according to a report by Enterprise Community Partners, a national affordable housing organization. Of those applications from residents in Brighton Beach and Coney Island, 69% were from low-income renters earning $30,000 or less annually, the report said.
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