A swimming pool is cleared of sand in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on November 27, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. The state of New York has said that Superstorm Sandy has cost upwards of $42 billion.
A gutted and destroyed building is viewed in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
Workers for the Parks and Recreation department take a break while working to clean up a park on the ocean in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
Workers for the Parks and Recreation department work to clean up a park on the ocean in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
A man receives food from volunteers handing out lunch to residents of in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
Workers with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) work on the sewer system on a damaged street in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
A swimming pool is cleared of sand in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
People wait in line for food being handed out by volunteers to residents in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
A swimming pool is cleared of sand in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
A worker with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) works on the sewer system in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
Sanitation workers clear a street of debris in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
People wait in line for food being handed out by volunteers to residents in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
A man receives food from volunteers handing out lunch to residents in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
Workers for the Parks and Recreation department work to clean up a park on the ocean in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
A gutted and destroyed building is viewed in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.
Workers for Parks and Recreation work to clean up a park on the ocean in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood on Nov. 27, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.