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Storm victims facing eviction in Stony Point get reprieve

Anthony Jamieson, 12, and Jennifer Serrano, 15, console

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Anthony Jamieson, 12, and Jennifer Serrano, 15, console each other at the Stony Point Conference Center, which has been transformed into a shelter for families displaced by Hurricane Sandy nearly a month ago. Serrano said her family moved to Stony Point from the Bronx "for a better life, but look what happened," she said. (Nov. 27, 2012)

A temporary housing solution for the 110 Hurricane Sandy refugees at the Stony Point Conference Center was finalized Thursday afternoon, the center's manager told Newsday.

The temporary solution assures the storm victims they will have shelter at least until Dec. 7.

"I'm ecstatic that I don't have to move, said Nina Brabham, 51, who has been able to snag a room for the weekend. "I was...

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