She survived Hurricane Sandy. Then climate gentrification hit

Kimberly White Smalls needed her coastal home rebuilt, but like other Black residents of New York's Far Rockaway neighborhood, she was moved instead

Sitting beside her two grandchildren, Kimberly White Smalls recounted what it was like to flee from her family home as Hurricane Sandy hit the edge of New York City.

It was a complete disaster," said Smalls, who lives on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens. When we came back the next day, I [had] lost three cars, a scooter, and the house was destroyed."