"The Rockaways still look like ghost towns. But the community libraries are there," writes the New York Times, in "Despite Ruin, Library Offers Books and Community."

"Days after the storm laid waste to four Queens Borough Public Library branches in the Rockaways, a colorful mobile library bus has hummed just outside its former location on Rockaway Beach Boulevard, offering warmth, power outlets, emergency information and books..."

Continue reading to learn more about our Sandy relief efforts in the hardest-hit parts of Queens and New York City.