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(Oct. 28)\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eThe forces of nature had been threatening the Staten Island's Oakwood Beach neighborhood for years, flooding the streets every time it rained, sending crabs skittering into bungalows and swamping basements so regularly that it was just...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eThe forces of nature had been threatening the Staten Island's Oakwood Beach neighborhood for years, flooding the streets every time it rained, sending crabs skittering into bungalows and swamping basements so regularly that it was just accepted as part of life.\u003cbr/\u003eBut after Superstorm Sandy swept in with 20-foot waves that crashed over roofs and killed three people, those who have lived here for generations decided it was time to go. Soon, the state will buy some 400 homes, bulldoze them and never again allow anything to be built here.\u003cbr/\u003eOakwood Beach will finally surrender to the sea.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's depressing. It's heartbreaking. To even just drive down to the neighborhood to see what the neighborhood looks like,\" said Joe Monte, a construction worker who had built his dream house overlooking the ocean. \u003cbr/\u003eThe neighborhood is the first _ and so far only _ New York City community to be totally bought out under a state program that promises to turn wrecked neighborhoods into perpetual green space.\u003cbr/\u003eThe state of New York plans to spend up to $400 million buying out and knocking down homes in Sandy-affected communities in the city and on Long Island, offering residents the pre-storm value of their houses. In New Jersey, the state is planning to spend about $300 million to buy about 1,000 damaged homes.\u003cbr/\u003eGetting a buyout is the equivalent of winning the lottery for homeowners who lost everything during the storm, although not all residents want to be bought out. On New York City's Rockaway peninsula, for example, homeowners are determined to stay put and rebuild.\u003cbr/\u003eMuch of the clamor for buyouts is coming from Staten Island, where waves slammed against third-floor windows and 23 people drowned, most of them trapped inside their own homes.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a slow process when you consider there's close to 200 people who have no homes at all,\" said Borough President James Molinaro.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough Oakwood Beach's buyout push has been a success, the future is far less certain for hundreds of people who have signed petitions demanding the same deal in nearly every other devastated shorefront community on Staten Island: New Dorp Beach, Midland Beach, Ocean Breeze and Tottenville, among others.\u003cbr/\u003eRight now, those areas are only eligible for a city program that buys individual properties for redevelopment _ a program that so far has purchased only one home. But because many have yet to receive a dime from the city's Sandy aid programs, they're skeptical.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Ocean Breeze, a neighborhood that remains mostly deserted since the storm, about half of the 120 homeowners have signed a petition requesting a buyout from the governor's office.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Eleven people died, that's too much. That's a sign right there and it tells people, it's a dangerous area,\" said Frank Moszczynski, who lives on a creekfront block where one house floated across the street and several others were demolished. \u003cbr/\u003eMost homeowners in Oakwood Beach have already applied and are proceeding toward the state's offer to purchase, with closings set to begin this month.\u003cbr/\u003eState officials say they chose to buy out Oakwood Beach after analyzing historical flooding data and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's scientific flood maps. The other crucial factor was quick mobilization: residents began marshaling resources for a buyout the day after Sandy hit.\u003cbr/\u003eMonte was standing in the middle of his flooded home the day after Sandy, ankle-deep in toxic sludge, when he realized his house was beyond saving. He walked out and hasn't gone back in since.\u003cbr/\u003eHe still can't bring himself to approach the side of the house. Monte grew up poor in Brooklyn and always vowed to give his two daughters a home they could be proud of. Twelve years and more than $500,000 later, he had transformed his bungalow into a beautiful, slate-gray home with a widow's peak at the top. On clear nights, he'd sit on the second-story deck and watch the lit-up Staten Island Ferry crossing the bay.\u003cbr/\u003eNow the swimming pool that he worked so hard to afford has been overtaken by nature. Minnows dart among seaweed and algae in the murky water. Halloween decorations that adorned the house last fall are still lying on the patio.\u003cbr/\u003eThe residents of Oakwood Beach are still working out the details of their buyouts but rest easier knowing they'll receive the pre-Sandy value of their homes _ enough to set up somewhere far from shore.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eOctober 16, 2013 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e1. Tracking shot: Monte walking into backyard\u003cbr/\u003e2. Tight shot: wood plank on ground in front of boarded up door\u003cbr/\u003e3. Tight shot: broken glass and seashells on ground\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English): Joe Monte, Superstorm Sandy victim: \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's depressing. It's heartbreaking. To even just drive down to the neighborhood to see what the neighborhood looks like.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Driving shot: houses boarded up in Oakwood Beach neighborhood \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English): Joe Monte, Superstorm Sandy victim: \u003cbr/\u003e\"When my wife and I got married I promised her, we made a promise together, that our children would have a pool to swim in, that they would have swings to play on. They would have a yard, not a street corner, not a fire hydrant to play in to cool off in the summer. They would have dogs. And we would to the best we can, and I worked two jobs for over 23 years to make that happen.\" \u003cbr/\u003e7. Pan/tilt down: from board up home to abandoned pool \u003cbr/\u003e8. Tight shot: algae growing in pool\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English): Joe Monte, Superstorm Sandy victim: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I've signed all the papers and accepted their offer. They have been more than fair and I haven't heard one neighbor that I speak, I don't speak to everyone, but out of the 30-40 people that I do keep in touch with that call for certain reasons pertaining to the buyout, everyone's happy.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide pan: foundation of home now gone with abandoned pool\u003cbr/\u003e11. Tight shot: kids tricycle floating in pool\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eOctober 17, 2013 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English): James Molinaro, Staten Island Borough President: \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a slow process. It's a slow process when you consider there's close to 200 people who have no homes at all. Not that they have extensive amount of damage. They have no homes.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eOctober 16, 2013 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e13. Tracking shot: Frank Moszczynski showing handmade painted signs \u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English): Frank Moszczynski, Superstorm Sandy victim: \u003cbr/\u003e\"A year later it's under repair. No kitchen, no bathroom, this room is painted and the floor just went down a year later, but we still have a long way to go.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid pan/tilt up: Moszczynski showing home under construction\u003cbr/\u003e16. Tight shot: exposed light switch\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid tilt up: bathroom under construction\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English): Frank Moszczynski, Superstorm Sandy victim:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We lost too many people here. On this block 2 people alone. In the surrounding areas within one square mile in this bowl, 11 people died. That's too much. That's a sign right there and it tells people, it's a dangerous area.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. 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