An electrician with Hydro Quebec pulls down a U.S. flag hanging on a cable before testing power lines in Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens. In the worst-hit areas, homes are still without light or heat. (Photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters)
Forty-seven-year old Ronnie Kmiotek, a retired 20-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, enters his home at New Dorp Beach on Staten Island. President Obama is expected to visit the New Dorp area during his second trip to survey damage and relief operations and meet with Sandy victims. (Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters)
Louise McCarthy carts belongings from her flood-damaged home as she passes charred ruins in Breezy Point. A fire destroyed scores of houses in the oceanfront community during the hurricane. (Photo by Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
A message left on a front porch of a condemned and empty home in New Dorp Beach on Staten Island in New York City. (Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters)
A Hurricane Sandy relief volunteer walks with a broom near heavily damaged New Dorp Beach on Staten Island in New York City. (Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters)
A man walks by debris in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood, where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Mike Lynch of “Holy Smoke” Disaster relief in New Dorp Beach on Staten Island. Mike and his wife Roxy and their teams have been making barbeque for storm victims throughout the United States for more than a decade as partners with the organization ‘People Cares America.’ (Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters)
Rockaway residents in need receive food and towels from a group called Dream Center. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Daniella Rodas, 3, waits in line with her mother for donated items including food and towels from a group called Dream Center in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
In Rockaway, a flood-damaged picture survives. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
