Dive summary:

• Given the scale of damage that Sandy caused to housing in New York City, the Building Trades Employers Association has put up a web portal where contractors can sign up to work through a program to get help into neighborhoods.
• The program, called Rapid Repairs, sends contractors into neighborhoods along with Federal Emergency Management Agency workers and city inspectors to get repairs going for storm victims who have signed up.
• Contractors still have to complete FEMA's vendor registration process, but the city's goal is to move repairs faster than would happen if homeowners had to find and hire contractors individually.

From the article:

Contractors can now register online for New York City’s rapid repairs program that will help homeowners rebuild after Superstorm Sandy. ...