a few environmental justice issues with Hurricane Irene?
no power outages in Manhattan; thousands in other boroughs.
public housing authority residents told to evacuate, rather late, because the city was basically turning off their buildings.
private security, hired by individuals, buildings, and corporations, are allowed in evacuation zones - so we're going straight to 'splintered' unequal resource allocation.

Top Rebuilding Committees i'd want to be on

1. East Village Cheese
2. Bond #9 - the cleanup! all those perfume bottles!
3. The High Line (if they would have me)
4. Vandaag, Belcourt, and Counter, so there is a hasty return to $15 cocktails
5. Dowel
6. Cooper Union. Lord, spare that building!
7. The Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union
8. St Marks in the Bowery