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Winter Wonderland Event!
Join Construct Relief, Catholic Charities of Staten Island, and The Carl V. Bini Memorial Fund for our Third Annual Winter Wonderland at The Mount! This FREE event will feature the unveiling of a new LED light show on the church’s facade, fireworks each night, food and merchandise vendors, rides for…
Carousel on Staten Island plays host to a winter whirl of fun!
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Carousel for All Children became a real-life Holiday Winter Wonderland Friday night with close to 1,000 children and adults dropping by to enjoy a ride on a choo-choo train, dueling snowmen, hot chocolate, pictures with Santa Claus and more. Friday was the second day for…
ConstructRELIEF Foundation presents a Winter Wonderland at the Willowbrook Park Carousel.
The ConstructRELIEF Foundation presents a Winter Wonderland at the Willowbrook Park Carousel. We have partnered with the NYC Parks Department, and Greenbelt Conservancy to re-open the Carousel for 3 Magical Nights in December. This year ConstructRELIEF is celebrating a special Winter season with hopes of returning the Holiday Spirit to…
ConstructRELIEF Selects First Wave of Homes for Hurricane Sandy Re-building Efforts .
ConstructRELIEF Foundation held a press conference on February 12th at South Beach – Staten Island to announce the selection of five initial homes affected by Hurricane Sandy. Local Staten Island celebrities Angela Raiola aka “Big Ang”, Jennifer Graziano, and Jennifer Patafilo (of VH1’s Big Ang Show) will partner with ConstructRELIEF via…
Nearly 3 months after Hurricane Sandy, Staten Island still waits for disaster-recovery aid
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — So just how will those billions in Sandy aid that Congress and the president are finally poised to ink make their way into the hands of the Average Joe and Jane homeowner and shopkeeper? The answer: In the form of Community Development Block Grants, to the…
Rebuilding? Stop! You might regret it when new regulations are issued.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Homeowners with the cash or who have been lucky enough to get insurance money are rebuilding — some at a furious pace — up and down Staten Island’s east coast. They want to get their homes back to what they were, and fast. To them, we…