Disaster relief

“Residents have been suffering for two-and-a-half months,” said New York Democrat Carolyn Maloney. “We need the aid. We need it now.”

"I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the contribution of our 40 volunteers, two buses, and truck full of supplies to the Rockaways relief effort amounted to nearly nothing."

"We're cranky, cold, hungry, frustrated, now the trucks are lost? It's crazy!"