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Grim limbo for NYC's nursing home evacuees
Hundreds of elderly and disabled New Yorkers displaced by Superstorm Sandy remained in crowded temporary quarters two months after evacuation. At Bishop Huces Episcopal Facility in Brooklyn and Belle Harbor Manor in Queens, residents slept on cots, few had beds, and some were moved to a halfway house with limited visitor access. Officials blamed overcrowding on rapid evacuations and ongoing storm damage as state and local agencies work to provide beds and care while residents await return to their original homes.
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New York
Henry Bucles
Brooklyn
Rockaway Care Center
Queens
Bishop Huces
Red Cross
Henry B. Huces
Bedford Stuyvesant
New York City
Belle Harbor Manor
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center
Woods
Associated Press
New York State
Health Department
Long Island
State Department of Health
Department
Bill Schwarz
Belle Harbor
Bishop Hudes
Episcopal Health Services Inc
Episcopal Health
Penny Chin
Rockaway Care
Chin
Mark Miller
Dis
Rabbi Samuel Ashkenazi
Miriam Eisenstein-Drachler