State parks workers Richard Van Horn, left, and Matt Lemonis repair a section of the boardwalk leading to Jones Beach after Hurricane Sandy inflicted $100 million in damage to Long Island's state parks and beaches. Parks workers across Long Island have been working to get state, county, town and village parks ready for the summer season after Hurricane Sandy's devastating damage last fall.
Plungers dressed as Star Wars characters Darth Vader and a storm trooper show their support to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members taking the chilly plunge into the Long Island Sound at the Polar Plunge in Port Washington's North Hempstead Beach Park.
Town of Brookhaven Highway Unit member Billy Peters removes snow from a road dumped there by Nemo, the massive snowstorm that affected much of New York and the Northeast in February 2013.
A dinghy represents the variety of debris Sanitary District No. 2 workers in Nassau County dealt with in Sandy cleanup. Coincidentally, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members had recently helped defeat a proposed dissolution of the district, saving 68 jobs and assuring uninterrupted delivery of public services during nature's worst.
Woodworker John Parmiter replaces the trim on an office door at the town of Hempstead Department of Public Works building after it was flooded during Sandy.
A police escort was provided to the City of Glen Cove Unit members as their convoy heads south to Long Beach to help with Sandy cleanup efforts. Workers packed one truck with parts to repair their vehicles on the fly if necessary and not waste any time.