Then And Now: Recovery After Hurricane Sandy

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 31: (top) A man walks by the remains of part of the historic boardwalk, after large parts of it were washed away during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012 in the Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 23: (bottom) A person rides a bike October 23, 2013, in the Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. 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. (Photos by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)