As a winter chill sets in and a nor’easter threatens some of the same areas that were hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy last week, more than 40,000 New Yorkers are still without homes, according to City government officials, as reported by ABC News Tuesday.

One possible answer is the use of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailers as temporary housing, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said during a press conference Monday. He emphasized that trailers are just one of a number of options including hotels and temporary housing.