Tina Downer stands on the third floor balcony of her home overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island in New York City, New York, March 25, 2013. Downer, whose home was heavily damaged and rendered unliveable when Hurricane Sandy slammed into Staten Island on October 2012, and more than 185 homeowners in a roughly four-block radius of Oakwood Beach are pinning their hopes on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's post-Sandy plans to buy out damaged property owners under a federal program. Picture taken March 25, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER BUSINESS REAL ESTATE)