Dive summary:

• Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York says that humans are not all-powerful, and there may be coastal areas where "maybe Mother Nature doesn’t want you here. Maybe she’s trying to tell you something."
• Cuomo suggests that perhaps some of the $50.7 billion that Congress is being asked to provide for super-storm Sandy damage relief should be spent on buying out property owners who are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
• The governor's remarks appeared not to go over well with his target audience of people he'd like not to rebuild in potentially risky areas, as residents in the Rockaway section of the borough of Queens made clear in web posts.

From the article:

In the months since Sandy hit the tristate area, New York governor Andrew Cuomo has been right out there sounding off with the best of them. ...