Really Staten Island?????

[Dorian Gray]

272. Yeah

It's getting colder here, and it worries me. There has been a great local response, and 25,000 blankets were delivered to people in Coney Island and the Rockaways. There are shelters all over Brooklyn, and warming centers, as well. The local govt is knocking door to door in lower income areas to let them know that there are places for them. I'm hoping people utilize them and don't stay in their damaged homes without power. I know in certain areas there is fear of looters and losing everything, but losing property is better than losing health or lives.

Sending money is great. It's all I can do for my people in Jersey at the moment. (I don't have enough gas to drive down there, and with a 2 year old, I don't want to stay in my brother's flooded house without power at the moment.) But we're doing what we can here, now. It's actually pretty amazing. Our neighborhood shelters have signs that they're at capacity with donations and have lists of other places to take them to that still are in need. People here have been extraordinarily generous with their time and their own property and their money. I'm pretty proud of the people here right now.