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VOTE!

Not sure where your polling site is?

Use this form to find out: http://gis.nyc.gov/vote/ps/
(also note your Assembly and Election Districts. You will need this info when you arrive at your polling site)

Has your polling site has been relocated?

Here is a list of voting sites that have been moved due to the storm and evacuations:
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/171796/election-poll-sites-relocated-due-to-sandy-damage#polls

Displaced and can’t get to your designated polling site?

Governor Cuomo has signed an executive order allowing anyone affected by the storm to cast their vote at ANY polling place!

The nearest to City Tech is 209 Joralemon Street at Brooklyn Boro Hall.


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Storm Recovery Info

John Minchillo / AP Photo

As NYC continues to recover from the effects of Hurricane Sandy, I want to pass along some information.

Students in need of assistance should file a request in the Counseling Center room N108 as soon as possible.

The links below provide updates on how to find food, water, shelter, medical care and other essentials, as well as information about how to apply for disaster assistance and also to volunteer.

Food, blanket and water distribution sites
http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/foodandwater.html

Daytime warming centers
http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/warming_ctr.html

Current list of overnight emergency shelters
http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hurricane_shelters.html

Bus pick up for overnight emergency shelters
http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/overnight_shelter.html

Mobile Medical Care
http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2012b/pr393-12-static.html

American Red Cross Disaster Assistance, including shelter information
http://www.redcross.org/

NYC School closures
http://schools.nyc.gov

Interactive map shows locations providing emergency services and availability of supplies
http://www.google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc

Information regarding subway, bus and commuter rail availability
http://www.mta.info
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/ferrybus/ferintro.shtml
http://www.mta.info/lirr/
http://www.panynj.gov/alerts-advisories/inclement-weather.html

Power Outage Updates
http://www.governor.ny.gov/poweroutageinfo

Full-service locations to aid in applications for emergency social, economic and FEMA assistance
http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/dasc.html

FEMA Transitional Sheltering Assistance
www.disasterassistance.gov
m.fema.gov for mobile devices

Or if you would like to donate to the relief effort or volunteer
http://www.nycservice.org/

Storm Sandy – UPDATE

Weather Channel: Waves wash over the seawall near high tide at Battery Park in New York, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast. Photo: Associated Press

Classes have been canceled through Thursday, Nov. 1 due to the severe weather emergency. Classes will resume on Friday, Nov. 2.

Please check the College web site for details: http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/

Stay safe! And use this down time to finish your chromatic gray compositions! =)