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In this image released by Starpix, Bruce Springsteen and the E street Band perform at 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden in New York on Dec. 12.
NEW YORK — Charities in New York state have collectively raised more than $400 million for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, the state's attorney general said Thursday.
A survey of 88 nonprofit groups by Eric Schneiderman's office found that as of mid-December, the fundraising for storm victims had been dominated by five charities, led by the American Red Cross, which had raised $188 million, the Robin Hood Foundation, which had taken in $67 million and The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, which collected $45 million.
The Empire State Relief Fund raised another $15.4 million and The Salvation Army's eastern U.S. division raised $14.3 million.
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Donors can log on to the attorney general's website to see how those organizations and 83 others say they intend to spend that money.
Schneiderman said regulators will be following up with the groups to get more information about the services they have provided.
"The generosity of the public and the hard work of charities in response to Hurricane Sandy is inspiring. As we continue to monitor charitable activities related to Sandy relief, it is essential that nonprofit organizations operate in the most transparent way possible," he said in a statement.
The list of groups that responded to the survey included small groups who recruit volunteers to gut damaged homes, food banks and agencies that distribute medication.
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The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, named for a firefighter killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, said it had raised $4 million as of Dec. 5, and anticipated spending $2.5 million of that money giving home supply store gift cards to people with damaged homes.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which had been involved in rescuing animals from flooded neighborhoods, and then boarding hundreds of displaced animals, said donors had given it $1.3 million by the end of November.
Red Cross officials told the attorney general that as of Dec. 10, the organization had distributed more than 8.7 million meals and snacks in the disaster zone, provided 81,000 shelter stays and distributed $30 million in relief supplies. The Red Cross said it anticipated that it would have spent $110 million on the storm response by the end of December.
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This is great. It shows that people care. It's a real sham that Government has not stepped in. I think that people realize that Government is no longer about The American People. Just Money. And it Shows they don't care about us...Rise up People!! The second American rEvolution is coming. Be the change you want to see.
words can not describe just how disappointed I am about the goverment failures on this, just like Katrina. People are sick & tired of our goverments lack of interest in our own people.
Lets send some more money over to the folks that hate us and the people in our country can just keep paying taxes and fend for them selves
" 400million dollars"-- Lets hope every penny is spent on helping people in need. Good luck. The folks who performed should follow up on this.
Here's the 25 million for rebuilding the boardwalk without using federal dollars. People who have made donations can have a little plaque identifying their individual generosity, and the federal tax dollars can go to upgrading the power grids so they don't get flooded out in the future.
Watched the 12-12-12 concert by far the best show on Earth! Up until Kanye West or whatever that dumb ass in the skirt calls himself. Just about creamed my jeans when they did Floyd. Hope I get around like Mick does when I'm his age!
I just hope some of the money actually gets used to help the victims, and not for "administrative costs", "travel expenses", "media coverage", etc.
If its run by the same people as the okc fund then it will be an administrative scam. They will make victims beg and plead for help and end up giving to other charities. Their only goal is to maintain the fund for decades and suck it dry. Pathetic! It was announced last Sunday that those people will administer the Boston fund.
Getting the money is not the problem. After the red cross spent their 110 million, there's 178 million left prior to the governent's input. Problem here, just like Katrina, is this money is given to a group of government people with orders to 'spend it wisely' and, as we all know, government people don't know how to do this. As in Katrina, the money raised was given to a government group to give to the victims, with the stipulation the government group's jobs go away once the money is distributed. Guess what? They don't want to give up their 6-figure jobs, so they make getting the money almost impossible, which is why 50% of New Orleans is still not rebuilt. Expect the same here. I can't understand why the insurance companies aren't picking up a part of the tab for rebuilding - I believe that's why they received premiums all these years. We need to get some news focus on the people distributing the relief funds - who, what is required, and when will they give up the money is VERY important.
Plumb forgot about our dear government, who can't let a good disastor go to waste - they use them as a way to gouge more money out of us to pay for pet projects. They have absolutely no shame. The republicans were right to send the bill back in an attempt to strip all the pork put into it. It's shameful the way they're trying to take advantage of this disastor; same as they're using the Conn shooting of those little children to push their agenda to ban the ownership of guns by civilians - take advantage of the disastor - we won't notice...if the money doesn't get to the Sandy victims, it's those republican's fault - they desperately try to keep secret 'the rest of the story' and in the world of the internet, it's not working out very well for them. They're going to find a new way to lie, but they can't see a good disastor go to waste...shameful jerks...
Raised $400,000,000.00 dollars,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Donated $35,345.00 to actual victims of storm.
Post tropical cyclone Sandy relief.
Sandy was no longer a hurricane when it hit. That's why I never gave. Sandy was used by the media and the politicians as a huge PR stunt. They inflated the claims, inflated the cost, inflated the damage just so they could lie to the public. Claiming it was so bad because of man made climate change.
FACTS:
The hurricane that hit New York in 1821 was much stronger than Sandy.
The hurricane named the Long Island Express in 1938 was much stronger than Sandy.
In 1954 three Cat 3 hurricanes hit the east coast. One of them, Hazel happened during a full moon and combined with a cold front like Sandy but remained a hurricane when it hit land.
So the facts are that prior to any change that man could possibly have made stronger and more frequent hurricanes were hitting the US.
Fewer and weaker storms (Sandy wasn't even a hurricane anymore) have hit during the so called man made climate change disaster.
I'll let the dishonest media and politicians throw an extra dollar or two into the pot for me.
Politicians and the people of New York and New Jersey have known since at least 1821 that powerful hurricanes hit their states. Did anyone plan for them? Did any of them change building codes and land use and zoning laws to prepare, to reduce potential damage? No. Any politician sticking their face on TV whining about the damage is really telling you that they didn't do their job.