What Obama Saw on Staten Island Today -- PICTURES

By National Journal Staff

Updated: November 15, 2012 | 5:25 p.m.
November 15, 2012 | 4:12 p.m.

President Obama toured Staten Island, N.Y., Thursday afternoon to survey some of the damage caused by last month's Hurricane Sandy. He was accompanied by several New York elected officials, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. Below are some of the scenes of he saw.

With New York City's Rockaway beaches in the background, Marine One, carrying President Obama, along with other local, state and federal officials, lifts off from JFK International Airport in New York, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, to view damage in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. ((AP Photo/Craig Ruttle))

Obama, followed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is greeted by (from left) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan (back to camera), and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, upon their arrival at JFK International Airport before taking a aerial tour of damage along the New York coastline caused by Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A home destroyed by the storm is seen on Cedar Grove Avenue on Staten Island, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 in New York., as President Obama toured the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama hugs Debbie Ingenito on Cedar Grove Avenue in Staten Island, a street significantly impacted by Sandy, on Thursday. Pictured with Obama is New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama, Bloomberg, Homeland Secretary Secretary Janet Napolitano, Gillibrand, and others, visit people at the FEMA recovery center on the grounds of New Dorp High School, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, on Staten Island. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama visits workers at the FEMA recovery center on the grounds of New Dorp High School, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama talks to press on Staten Island's Cedar Grove Avenue on Thursday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama waves to Cuomo (second from left) as he leaves a news conference on Cedar Grove Avenue on Thursday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Obama comforts a woman at the FEMA recovery center on the grounds of New Dorp High School on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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