Long Island's needs for private assistance from foundations, corporations or philanthropies like Veatch have largely gone unmet, said Suzy Sonenberg, executive director of the foundation.

It said that on the average 17 percent of the food needs and 15 percent of the shelter needs were believed to have gone unmet.

But genuine needs go unmet - as Albany guards its treasure trove, and Gov. George Pataki, Mr. Bruno and Mr. Silver hoard the map.

What is clear more than a year after Hurricane Katrina is that their needs - and the demand for action from the American public - have largely gone unmet.

Even the coffins went unmet and unheralded.

But if anything, their needs continue to go largely unmet, as government turns its attention elsewhere.

As a result, deep human needs - personal, familial, communal and cultural - to deal authentically with death have long gone unmet.

The vendors say promises of government loans have gone unmet.

On the other hand, the President's campaign pledge to make health care "a right, not a privilege" has gone unmet, while the ranks of the uninsured have grown.

I voted for H.R. 4986 (Public Law No: 110-181), the 2008 Defense Authorization Act, which addresses many of the needs of our military that have gone unmet, including: