Some LIers weep upon getting Sandy relief
Photo credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas | Loretta and Eddie Heredia in the basement of their Freeport home, with their old oil furnace that was damaged beyond repair. (March 7, 2013)
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They turned on gas ovens, burned fires, huddled around space heaters and bundled up beneath blankets.
Through nor'easters, blizzards and frigid temperatures, the homeowners -- many of them elderly -- stuck it out for weeks in the shells of their Sandy-ravaged homes, unable to afford repairs to their heat and hot-water systems.
Then a Long Island Housing Partnership program, using private...
