Hundreds of NY homes considered safety hazard to be demolished after Sandy

Some 200 houses in the New York boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island that were hardest hit by last month's mammoth confluence of a hurricane and a seasonal "nor'easter" storm are to be demolished in the coming weeks or months.

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That's on top of the 200 or so that were already to be bulldozed after being completely or partially destroyed by wind, water or by storm-sparked fire.

New York City's Buildings Department must still issue a ruling on another 500 damaged structures, some of which could also meet the same fate, its director Robert LiMandri told the New York Times.

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Posted in: Calamities, Demolishing of Houses, New York, News, Safety Hazard, Sandy