Cory Booker, Newark's Mayor, Is Helping Sandy Victims - via Twitter
The needs range from diapers and water to the simple reassurance that their loved ones are safe. But many of the calls for help to Newark's mayor Cory Booker are coming to him from the same place: Twitter.
As the death toll for Hurricane Sandy rises to 59, according to the New York Times, the politician, 43, is taking action on the streets - often in response to the pleas he receives in 140 characters of less.
Now, as 2.38 million people in New Jersey are still left without electricity, reports the Star-Ledger, he's once again emerging as a hometown hero. It was just this April, after all, that he rescued his neighbor from her burning home.
Follow Booker's relief efforts here, and track those he's already helped, including an elderly woman who was inside her house when a tree fell on top of it.
His Twitter followers and constituents can track his relief efforts as he continues to document his work on the streets of New Jersey.
Calls for help are even coming from those outside of the area, including one man who was worried about an elderly woman.
To read everything this remarkable hands-on mayor is doing, head over to @ CoryBooker on Twitter. He'll answer reasonable questions, but he's concentrating on getting Newark back on its feet first, which is as it should be.
In an age where elected officials just don't seem to care, Mayor Cory Booker is a breath of fresh air, a true public servant working hard for the people he loves, using tweets and feet on the street.
he's pretty great.
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