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February 5, 2013

More post-Sandy blues: Mold flourishes in homes, buildings

  • New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $15 million public-private partnership to remove mold in about 2,000 city homes.
  • By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY
    Associated Press

    NEW YORK — Esther Tauscher stood outside her Staten Island home, leafing through boxes of family photos that had been steeped in storm water. She paused to point out life events — her honeymoon, holding her baby boy in a hospital bed.

    The photos are just about all she has left. Behind her, the home where she and her family lived for 14 years was being dismantled by a masked volunteer crew that tossed out her possessions and ripped out floorboards and walls.


     
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