in late october 2012, a few days before expected arrival hurricane sandy in new york, brookdale hospital was enlisted by the new york state department of health in the state’s emergency response efforts to the anticipated storm. brookdale was asked to house and care for 105 acute-care nursing home residents and hospital patients at its main hospital facility. ninety-five residents from three nursing homes in the zone of flood risk (lawrence nursing home, ocean promenade nursing center, and shore view nursing center). the remaining 10 patients came from coney island hospital, also in the probable flood zone. patients under the supervision of the us public health service arrived on october 31, 2012 and stayed through the end of november, 2012.