NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 31: (top) The remains of burned homes are surrounded by water due to Superstorm Sandy in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City October 31, 2012. (Photo by Mario Tama/ Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 21: (bottom) Newly built homes and vacant lots are shown in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City October 21, 2013. Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012 near Brigantine, New Jersey and affected 24 states from Florida to Maine and cost the country an estimated $65 billion. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)