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O'Malley on Hurricane Sandy in West Roxbury
West Roxbury's District Councilor Matt O'Malley was working at Boston City Hall until around 3 p.m. on Monday, taking calls and doing the job.
All non-essential city employees were told to stay home on Monday - so West Roxbury District Councilor Matt O'Malley went to work at Boston City Hall.
"We didn’t get many calls yesterday. We did today (Tuesday)," said O'Malley.
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Through Facebook, Twitter tweets, and emails, O'Malley helped direct callers get action on fallen trees and a couple power outages, which were all quickly resolved.
One call on Tuesday was for a tree dangling on wires on Bellevue Street by the West Roxbury YMCA. NStar, Boston Fire and Boston Police all responded to the scene.
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He said his office received significantly fewer requests for help compared to Hurricane Irene in 2011.
He said he was in the office until about 3 p.m. on Monday, then weathered the storm.
"Boston weathered the storm well. We're luckier than other parts like New York City and New Jersey. I give tremendous credit to all public service employees out there doing a great job."
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