evacuation centers

A night in a Hurricane Sandy evacuation center
News Queens Courier Staff 11/05/2012 at 1:49PM

Donovan Richards, chief of staff for Councilmember James Sanders, spent the night of Monday, October 29 in an evacuation center in Jamaica with constituents during the storm. Here is his account of the night. I was once told that real leadership requires one to lead from the front. With this in mind and an unprecedented [...]

Evacuation centers in Queens
News Billy Rennison 10/28/2012 at 12:53PM

The mayor has already ordered the mandatory evacuations of vulnerable areas in Queens ahead of Hurricane Sandy, and others may want to head to an evacuation center just to be safe. Here are the 16 evacuation centers in Queens: • John Adams High School- 101-01 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park. • Grover Cleveland High School- 21-27 [...]