In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New York is beginning to rebuild. The storm shuttered many law firms and courts, but the lights are turning back on now for at least a few Manhattan firms. Notably, on Monday, Sullivan & Cromwell reopened its downtown office near the waterfront.

The firm owns a 60 percent interest in the building, which was submerged under 35 feet of water during Sandy, and now needs to reconstruct three of its sub-levels, which contained a parking garage and a health center, among other things.

Law firms farther uptown, including Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, have been slowly reopening over the past two weeks, but those closer to the water, and, subsequently, the damage, have remained closed.