U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced he is making $12 million in quick release emergency relief funds immediately available to New Jersey and Connecticut to help begin repairing the ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced he is making $13 million in quick release emergency relief funds immediately available to New York and Rhode Island to help begin repairing the ...

Let's talk about human resilience because a less-visible effect of Sandy is the mental and emotional toll. That's especially true in Ocean Breeze, Staten Island, which suffered the highest death rate ...

The worldwide pandemic has threatened many of the businesses you rely on every day, but don’t let it take away your source for local news. Now more than ever, we need your help to ensure nothing but ...

How much more in taxes would you be willing to pay for the sake of reducing the risk of having to recover from the damage done by a natural disaster? We're asking that question today as Hurricane ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City in October 2012, floodwaters swallowed subway tunnels, destroyed thousands of ...

Even as President Donald Trump expressed confidence Monday that Congress would swiftly approve disaster aid to help Texas recover from damage associated with Hurricane Harvey, elbows were still being ...

An instagramer captures the knee-high flood waters in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood last night. (via Erin Lagasse) Last night’s major storm, which is currently being called post-tropical cyclone ...