Hurricane Sandy Sends Cars Floating Through Brooklyn’s Immigrant Communities
Immigrants on the eastern seaboard are among those bearing the brunt of Hurricane Sandy.
Konstantin Dubyago was born in the Ukraine and works as a limousine driver in Coney Island and Brighton Beach.
Producers Nina Porzucki and Audrey Quinn found him trying to start his Mercedes Benz which had floated out of its parking place.
Dubyago tells host Lisa Mullins how his neighborhood’s large Russian community is coping in the storm’s aftermath.
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