Puerto Ricans Prepare To Spend Thanksgiving In NYC, While Local Workers Help Island Rebuild
Hundreds of New Yorkers will spend the holiday helping Puerto Rico, including dozens of Con Ed workers toiling 16 hours a day to restore power.
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Hundreds of New Yorkers will spend the holiday helping Puerto Rico, including dozens of Con Ed workers toiling 16 hours a day to restore power.
Dozens of PSEG Long Island employees will be down in Puerto Rico for the next few wees helping to restore power.
The New Rochelle Basketball Association asked each child involved to collect from five different people. Their message: No donation is too small.
Forty nurses from the New York State Nurses Association boarded a charter flight bound for Puerto Rico on Saturday morning.
For the first time ever, the federal government could airlift hurricane survivors from Puerto Rico and relocate them to New York and Florida.
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that the state is sending hundreds of utility workers and trucks to Puerto Rico to fix the country's electrical grid.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is heading to Puerto Rico to assist with recovery efforts following the devastation from Hurricane Maria.
The announcement by Gov. Ricardo Rossello comes as federal legislators seek to investigate the contract awarded to the small company from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is headed back to Puerto Rico as the state continues to help the U.S. territory recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.
Schumer said the federal response to Hurricane Maria has been mismanaged.
New Britain, Connecticut wants to be a model for helping in the aftermath of disasters.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito was furious this week after President Donald Trump singled out Puerto Rico in negative tweets.
Authorities in Puerto Rico raised the death toll from Hurricane Maria by three to 48 Saturday, based on a review of medical records.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order regarding health care Thursday morning, but people are also talking about tweets he put out hours before concerning pulling aid out of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said there will be health and educational support for those coming to New York for Puerto Rico. But he said finding a place to stay is up to those who arrive.
It's been three weeks since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and much of the island is still without power.
A charity helped a New Yorker stranded in Puerto Rico get home just in time for an important wedding.
Facebook's virtual reality tour of post-hurricane Puerto Rico was meant to raise awareness for relief efforts, but the cartoon nature of the experience left some scratching their headsets.
A New Jersey man who spent decades preparing his home for doomsday is donating all of his stored food to families affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
The Hamilton creator was among the participants, and said don't let the huge number of ways to help cripple your decision to do so.
The "Hamilton" star is joined by Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan and others on the new release for helping hurricane recovery.
Trump says Puerto Rico suffered a relatively low death toll from Hurricane Maria compared with "a real catastrophe like Katrina,'' which killed more than a thousand people in 2005.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito pulled no punches Monday in blasting Washington's response to the crisis in Puerto Rico.
Island Harvest is sending two people to Puerto Rico with food, water and beauty products.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York) had strong words for President Donald Trump Sunday amid the ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico.
