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Brighton Beach Residents, Still Healing Sandy’s Wounds, Face an Uncertain Future
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Brighton Beach Residents, Still Healing Sandy’s Wounds, Face an Uncertain Future

Pat Singer still remembers the smells. Oil. Mildew. Mold. The air was thick as she canvassed buildings to assess the damage. Three weeks after Superstorm Sandy, Singer says the usually vibrant Brighton Beach community felt post-apocalyptic. Although she had lived there for forty years, in the bleak hours after Sandy had struck, she could barely...