Cleaning crews work in Manhattan's financial district following damage from Superstorm Sandy on Monday, November 12. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/us/gallery/ny-sandy/index.html" target="_blank"><strong>View photos of New York's recovery.</strong></a>
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Cleaning crews work in Manhattan's financial district following damage from Superstorm Sandy on Monday, November 12. View photos of New York's recovery.
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Evelyn Faherty hugs a friend on Sunday, November 11,<strong> </strong>while discussing the damage done to her home by Superstorm Sandy in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Evelyn Faherty hugs a friend on Sunday, November 11, while discussing the damage done to her home by Superstorm Sandy in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York.
Reuters /ANDREW BURTON /LANDOV
Volunteers shovel sand and water out of the basement of Monir Islam's home in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of Queens, New York, on Sunday. The Rockaways peninsula in Queens was one of the areas hardest hit by Sandy. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/09/us/gallery/sandy-rockaway/index.html" target="_blank">See photos of Rockaway's continuing struggles</a>.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Volunteers shovel sand and water out of the basement of Monir Islam's home in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of Queens, New York, on Sunday. The Rockaways peninsula in Queens was one of the areas hardest hit by Sandy. See photos of Rockaway's continuing struggles.
Reuters /ANDREW BURTON /LANDOV
Furniture and other belongings are strewn under and around a beach house damaged by Sandy on Saturday, November 10, in Mystic Island, New Jersey.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Furniture and other belongings are strewn under and around a beach house damaged by Sandy on Saturday, November 10, in Mystic Island, New Jersey.
REUTERS /HANDOUT /LANDOV
Streets in Ortley Beach, New Jersey, were destroyed by Sandy.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Streets in Ortley Beach, New Jersey, were destroyed by Sandy.
REUTERS /HANDOUT /LANDOV
Clean-up continues on Saturday, November 10 among piles of debris where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away in the heavily damaged Rockaways.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Clean-up continues on Saturday, November 10 among piles of debris where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away in the heavily damaged Rockaways.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Mac Baker, right, poses with her niece Nytaisha Baker next to pots of water she heats on the floor with small flames for a bit of warmth in Baker's unheated apartment in the Ocean Bay public housing projects in the Far Rockaway neighborhood in Queens on Friday, November 9.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Mac Baker, right, poses with her niece Nytaisha Baker next to pots of water she heats on the floor with small flames for a bit of warmth in Baker's unheated apartment in the Ocean Bay public housing projects in the Far Rockaway neighborhood in Queens on Friday, November 9.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
Theresa Goddard, her apartment still without electricity, is overwhelmed while discussing her living conditions on Thursday, November 8, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Theresa Goddard, her apartment still without electricity, is overwhelmed while discussing her living conditions on Thursday, November 8, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
John Moore/Getty Images
A police officer carries blankets donated by Ikea for people affected by Superstorm Sandy in Brooklyn.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
A police officer carries blankets donated by Ikea for people affected by Superstorm Sandy in Brooklyn.
John Moore/Getty Images
Debris from Superstorm Sandy is seen on a beach Thursday in Long Branch, New Jersey.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Debris from Superstorm Sandy is seen on a beach Thursday in Long Branch, New Jersey.
Allison Joyce/Getty Images
Troops from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the U.S. Navy help local residents remove household items damaged by Superstorm Sandy on November 6, in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Troops from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the U.S. Navy help local residents remove household items damaged by Superstorm Sandy on November 6, in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images
Voter Sheresa Walker uses a flashlight for poll worker Lloyd Edwards in a tent set up as a polling place in Queens, New York.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Voter Sheresa Walker uses a flashlight for poll worker Lloyd Edwards in a tent set up as a polling place in Queens, New York.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
A poll worker directs people to a temporary polling center in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York. Polling sites in Coney Island and the surrounding area were damaged during Superstorm Sandy.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
A poll worker directs people to a temporary polling center in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York. Polling sites in Coney Island and the surrounding area were damaged during Superstorm Sandy.
BRENDAN MCDERMID REUTERS //LANDOV
Michael Fischkelta, 8, lies on his cot with his mother, Jenifer Wilson, in a Red Cross evacuation shelter set up in the gymnasium of Toms River High School on Monday, November 5, in Toms River, New Jersey. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/us/gallery/ny-sandy/index.html">View photos of the recovery efforts in New York.</a>
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Michael Fischkelta, 8, lies on his cot with his mother, Jenifer Wilson, in a Red Cross evacuation shelter set up in the gymnasium of Toms River High School on Monday, November 5, in Toms River, New Jersey. View photos of the recovery efforts in New York.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Ruth Hawfield sits next to her cot Monday in a Red Cross evacuation shelter at Toms River High School.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
Ruth Hawfield sits next to her cot Monday in a Red Cross evacuation shelter at Toms River High School.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
A woman fills out an early voting ballot on Sunday, November 4, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie ordered early voting stations to stay open through the weekend in an effort to get people to vote despite the damage done by Superstorm Sandy.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
A woman fills out an early voting ballot on Sunday, November 4, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie ordered early voting stations to stay open through the weekend in an effort to get people to vote despite the damage done by Superstorm Sandy.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
A woman sifts through her mother's damaged home for items to save Sunday in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
A woman sifts through her mother's damaged home for items to save Sunday in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York.
Allison Joyce/Getty Images
A workman repairs damage to the steeple of the First United Methodist Church on Sunday in Port Jefferson, New York.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
A workman repairs damage to the steeple of the First United Methodist Church on Sunday in Port Jefferson, New York.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
People sift through their damaged home on Sunday in Breezy Point.
Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy —
People sift through their damaged home on Sunday in Breezy Point.
Allison Joyce/Getty Images