New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I, D, WF-Sag Harbor) announced, on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, that Google has donated 17,000 Nexus 7 tablets to assist New Yorkers impacted by the storm. The tablets, which have a retail value of over $2.7 million, have been placed at central locations in communities affected by Superstorm Sandy, including libraries, senior centers, and business and community centers.

Receiving entities in Assemblyman Thiele’s District include:

- Amagansett Free Library

- Hampton Library in Bridgehampton

- Center Moriches Free Public Library

- Town of East Hampton Senior Center

- East Hampton Library

- Town of Southampton Senior Center

- Hampton Bays Public Library

- Montauk Library

- John Jermain Memorial Library

- Town of Shelter Island Senior Center

- Shelter Island Public Library

- Mastic-Moriches-Shirley Community Library

- Rogers Memorial Library

- Westhampton Free Library

Google has donated the tablets to the New York State Community Action Association (NYSCAA), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that provides services and advocacy to improve the lives of people throughout New York.. The tablets will support a range of programs. Libraries will use the tablets in job training, work skills and English-for-Speakers-of-Other-Languages classes, and as e-reader loaners in the areas where libraries are not yet reopened. To help combat senior isolation, senior centers will employ tablets in teaching seniors to use video chatting and other electronic communication services as a way to keep them connected to their friends and families.

If you have any legislative questions or concerns, please call my District office at 631-537-2583.