Nassau County Legislator Steven D. Rhoads held a press conference yesterday along with Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino urging Governor Cuomo to extend the March 1st and September 1st NY deadlines for home elevations that were announced by NY Rising in December 2016. Rhoads explained that “NY Rising is supposed to be helping people […]

If you have ever done a home improvement project you know how stressful, time consuming and costly it can be. Often times you are running from store to store to pick out tiles, bringing home and agonizing over countless cabinet and countertop samples, and usually wind up over budget and behind schedule. Fortunately, there is […]

When I tell people that I work in the modular home sales department for Ben’s General Contracting Corp., they often look at me with a puzzled look on their faces. Many have never heard of a modular home before. Those who have are usually unclear on exactly what a modular home is. One of the […]

IMPORTANT NY RISING UPDATE—OFFICIAL BGC NEWS Attention Long Island and New York homeowners impacted by Hurricane Sandy: As many of you know, New York Rising is funded by HUD through GOSR (Government Office of Storm Recovery). NYR was set up to assist people with damage from 3 storms, the main one being Hurricane Sandy. Now, […]

Spotlite Radio Interview 3/22 A March 22, 2014 Spotlite Radio interview with our own Ben Jackson discusses NY Rising and the after effects of Hurricane Sandy. 18 months after the storm, Long Island general contractor Ben Jackson shares his perspectives on the progress being made, the challenges homeowners are still facing, the effects of the […]

IMPORTANT NY RISING UPDATE FOR LONG ISLAND HOMEOWNERS (Nassau County, North and South Shores) 6 weeks after our first interview, Ben Jackson speaks with LongIslandNY.TV again about updates to the NY Rising program. The full NY Rising video with NY Rising Contractor Ben Jackson can be found here NY Rising has changed their program. They […]

2/2/14 Exit 10 55 TV Interview with Richard Rose: Ben Jackson of Ben’s General Contracting and Robert Kennedy, Mayor of Freeport, discuss NY Rising, news for homeowners, and Sandy Storm recovery. [Watch the full video below] Fourteen months after Storm Sandy, progress is being made for several Sandy victims. Yesterday, Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy and […]

Today’s Newsday (article by Maura McDermott) talks about Sandy damaged elevated homes and issues surrounding new Fire Sprinkler codes.  According to the article, Long Island homeowners can now receive federal funds (via NY Rising) to help pay for fire sprinkler systems. This follows a New York issued a bulletin that explained that some elevated homes […]

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS BLOG POST IS FROM JANUARY 9, 2014 AND IS CURRENTLY OUT OF DATE. PLEASE CONTACT US AT 516-623-2945 FOR ALL OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON NY RISING. THANK YOU. Hurricane Sandy, Irene and Lee have had a devastating effect on our community. This came at time that we weren’t all flourishing. […]

After the flooding of Hurricane Sandy and the fear of insurance rates to come, many people are raising their homes. This has developed into a whole new engineering for elevation and flood water relief and sanitary conditions in reference to building. Many different styles of foundations, grade beams, flood vents, pilings, concrete piers, etc., have […]