But there are longer-term steps New York could take today to fix this woeful system and fix it for good -- not just in times of weather-related crises, but always.
It goes on to outline what it would take to rebuild that trust, including short- and longer-term steps to change fundamentally the role Greece's government plays in its citizenry's daily life.
The flat surfaces of two buried fluvial terraces suggest longer-term, stepped relative sea-level fall, and are correlated with fluvial incisions that took place possibly at the MIS 5/4 transition and at the MIS 3/2 transition, respectively.
But he plans in the longer term to take steps like collecting illegal weapons, his allies say.
The unmistakeable ambition is to develop a supranational border police force in the longer term, one of several steps on the road towards an actual federal police force.
School attendance is an important goal in its own right but it is also a step towards longer term outcomes.
Taking a longer term outlook is an important step forward and we should look for and support business models that contribute positively to society and place value on deliverables other than financial returns.
The structural-reform part of Mr Abe's agenda, which should help spur growth in the longer term, is unlikely to take large steps forward before the summer.
Another organisation offering refugees a step into a longer term career is the social enterprise Bread & Roses.
And one cannot become overwhelmed or paralyzed by the fact that one is not solving all of the problems of American education or American culture, all of which are there, but which the educational process will solve in the longer term if it is healthy every step along the way.
This is a first step in its longer term goal of recruiting an extra 20,000 nurses by 2020.
