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| https://donovan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-donovan-6th-anniversary-superstorm-sandy | Rep. Donovan on 6th Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy | 2018-10-29 | 2018 | 2018-10 | Republican | House | NY | Daniel Donovan | D000625 | donovan.house.gov | legacy | Staten Island, NY On the sixth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, U.S. Representative Dan Donovan (R-NY) wrote an op-ed in the Staten Island Advance on continued community efforts to rebuild and recover from the devastating storm. Donovan also released a video statement on the solemn anniversary. Sandy's wrath and its aftermath still haunts today By Rep. Dan Donovan Six years later, Superstorm Sandy may be in the annals of history but her impact is very present in our community as we still continue to rebuild from this disaster. We all remember the October days leading up to Superstorm Sandy. I was Staten Island district attorney at the time and remember the uncertainty our borough faced when this storm came racing up the east coast. Many of us ran to our local ShopRite to gather every last bottle of water and canned food, and waited on long lines for gas. We checked on our loved ones and neighbors as the storm roared towards us. As we tried to sleep that night, we all heard the howling winds, unaware of the extent of destruction awaiting us. Little did we know that we would awaken to a living nightmare. New York suffered an astronomical $19 billion in damages, nearly 1.2 million without power, and 90,000 buildings in the inundation zone. We lost 43 New Yorkers - 24 of them in Staten Island and several more in Brooklyn. Read the rest here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |