The Legal Aid Society’s headquarters at 199 Water St. in lower Manhattan remain closed after floodwater in the basement affected electrical services, said Steven Banks, the group’s attorney-in-chief. About 400 staff members who ordinarily work at Water Street have relocated to other offices. “We are hoping that it would be a matter of days, but it appears that it will be at least several weeks” before Legal Aid can return, Banks said.
Legal Aid staff returned to three other Manhattan offices this week that were closed in the days after Hurricane Sandy hit on Oct. 29, Banks said. But several of the group’s 25 offices are still experiencing connection problems with its Verizon phone and Internet services, he said.
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