Parts of Fire Island — one of New York’s attractive summer beach getaways — are literally washing away and the Biden Administration isn’t doing anything to help stop the di…
This staircase now ends feet above the sand after powerful tides from storms swept much of the beach on the eastern end of Fire Island out to sea.“Major erosion also occurred along Fire Island’s beaches, and emergency repair is particularly needed in the eastern Fire Island communities where the beachfront has diminished and USACE assistance is critical to protecting them from future storm events,” Schumer wrote in the letter.
NY Sen. Chuck Schumer, the most powerful Democrat on Capitol Hill, blasted the Army Corps of Engineers for ignoring the beach erosion on Fire Island’s eastern end.Homeowners and visitors on Fire Island have also demanded answers for months as they’ve watched the beaches get swept out to sea. This staircase in the Fire Island Pines once led to the beach, but now it’s roped off as the ocean crashes in beneath it.Robin said the beach has “never looked this bad in the 25 years I’ve been coming out here.”
“The Pines is a predominately LGBT community, it has a very significant history as part of the gay rights movement, it was perhaps the first safe haven,” he said. “We’re talking about potential loss of life and property. We’re talking about the potential loss of a community. It’s terrifying.”
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