Some of you may not have realized that the train tracks out to Rockaway that were destroyed during Sandy were not restored until yesterday.  As someone who just travels from Brooklyn by car every day to work on the house, it was a minor pain in the buttocks only if I wanted to get some help out there from someone who didn’t own a vehicle. I can’t imagine what the trip was like for folks who had to commute for seven months doing the bus/train thing.

A ferry was added to lower Manhattan that is quite popular and people are fighting to keep that in addition to the train. Why not? Williamsburg and Red Hook have ferries. Please sign the Keep the Ferry in Rockaway petition!

I can ramble on, but I am no Rachel Maddow. Rach, as I don’t really call her, puts it so eloquently in the video below. Best I shut up and you can just watch her.

Go to the beach! Support The Rock and any businesses that are open. They still very much need your help!

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