Residents will be able to fill out the paperwork when the city opens a
Disaster Recovery Center tomorrow at I-S 30 on Ovington Avenue. The
center will house several agencies including Homeless Services, the Red
Cross, the State Insurance Department, and a clothing bank.For more information, call the DOB Hotline at (212)227-4416.
The New York State Insurance Department will also be back in
Brooklyn tomorrow helping residents who want to recoup some of their
losses.State Insurance examiners will be back at the Bay Ridge Community Service Center between 1 and 4 p.m.
"The people coming in – it’s all different questions: my homeowners
insurance, auto questions, my neighbor’s tree fell on my car. It has
been a lot of different things,” said Vincent Palma of the New York
State Insurance Department. “Some people have actually been paid
already. I met a man who bought his new car already."Residents with insurance related questions can also call the department’s toll-free disaster hotline at 1-800-339-1759.
