Hurricane Sandy: New Yorkers Prepare (To Get Shit-Faced)
When Hurricane Sandy hits New York this afternoon, you can expect three things: wind, rain, and a bunch of shit-faced New Yorkers. New York City emergency officials advised residents over the weekend to stock up on things like water, flashlights, canned food, candles, and other items to help New Yorkers weather the impending hurricane that’s […]
Sandy speeds up, wind gusts of 71 mph reported on Long Island
NEW YORK — A strengthening Hurricane Sandy churned north Monday, raking ghost-town cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts. Subways and schools were closed across the region of 50 million people, the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was deserted, and thousands fled inland to await the storm’s fury. As the […]
City Drenched by Flooding as Hurricane Sandy Nears
NEW YORK CITY — Floodwaters began to rise in all five boroughs Monday morning — and officials warned the waters could reach record levels when Hurricane Sandy pounds the city later this evening. New Yorkers should heed the warnings, officials stressed, and not be lulled into a false sense of security by the limited damage caused by […]
Seawater floods shoreline towns ahead of Sandy
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Water from Long Island Sound spilled into towns along the Connecticut shoreline Monday, the first taste of flooding from a storm that threatens to swamp low-lying areas at high tides. With some of the worst effects of Hurricane Sandy still to come, officials went door to door to urge stragglers to […]
Hurricane Sandy lands first blows in NYC
Hurricane Sandy lands first blows in NYC Photo credit: Getty Buffeted by winds and high water, Manhattan and other shoreline areas of New York City weathered Hurricane Sandy’s first assault early Monday but faces a second and more dangerous onslaught as the weather intensifies during the evening’s full-moon high tide — possibly reaching 11 feet […]
Hunters Point Residents Worry as Gantry Park Floods
HUNTERS POINT — Portions of Gantry Park, a popular waterfront hangout in Long Island City, were under water Monday, but that didn’t stop some residents — despite strong gusts of wind and driving rain — from showing up to take photos, even though all New York parks have been ordered closed. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, […]
Hurricane Sandy barrels toward New York City
NEW YORK — After days of seeming to take a looming superstorm in stride, New Yorkers gathered supplies or tried to get out of the way as forecasters warned that a wall of water could hit the nation’s largest city. Facing a seawater surge of anywhere from 6 to 11 feet from Hurricane Sandy, the […]
NYC waters rise to Irene levels before superstorm
NYC waters rise to Irene levels before superstorm By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press – 1 minute ago NEW YORK (AP) — Waves splashed over the sea walls at the southern tip of Manhattan, already at Hurricane Irene levels Monday hours before the worst of a mammoth storm was to hit the nation’s largest city with […]
Transit Systems, Schools Closed Ahead Of Sandy’s Arrival
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Astoria & Long Island City
NEW YORK CITY — Hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for the evacuation of coastal and low-lying areas ahead of Hurricane Sandy, residents of those areas were divided about whether they should leave. Buses to help Battery Park City residents relocate where largely empty Sunday afternoon, and it wasn’t until later in the day that […]
Killer boyfriend of LIC artist receives 20 yrs. in prison: DA
Photo by Christina Santucci-Inset courtesy NYPD Tigran Tambiev (inset) pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend, Susan Woolf, Dec. 11, 2009. A picture shows police tape around the crime scene. Inset courtesy NYPD By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers A 46-year-old Long Island City man was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week for fatally stabbing […]
New York City braces for megastorm; evacuations ordered
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 10–> NEW YORK (AP) — After days of seeming to take a looming superstorm in stride, New Yorkers scrambled to gather supplies and get out of the way as forecasters warned that a wall of water could hit the nation’s largest city. Facing a seawater surge of anywhere from 6 to 11 […]
Hunters Pt. awaits new schools in 2013
Photo by Rebecca Henely City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (c.) leads a town hall meeting with fellow legislators and school officials on PS/IS 312 and IS/HS 404, which are set to open in Long Island City in 2013. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers Education and elected officials announced at MoMA PS 1 last week that […]
Hurricane 2012: Reporting Live From An "Evacuation Zone" In Queens
Hurricane Sandy is about to hit the Big Apple, which means there’s a good chance you’re not going to work today — which is incredibly unfortunate for the blogosphere considering its existence relies almost entirely on people fucking off at work. I’m not going to work today, either — I’m gonna be holed up in […]
Sandy shuts down Staten Island, rest of New York City
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CUNY law school’s new digs
From left to right, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx), Michelle Anderson,… IRVING DEJOHN Monday, October 22, 2012 The state’s top judge has delivered his ruling: CUNY School of Law’s new location in Queens is a boon for the judicial system. New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman christened the public service law school’s move on Monday […]
New York City braces for the Superstorm
From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns Sunday buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm that could endanger 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning that the New York area could get the worst of it — an 11-foot wall of water. The time […]
Big Cities In East Coast US Prepare For Hurricane Sandy
October 29, 2012 12:42 PM Big Cities In East Coast US Prepare For Hurricane Sandy By Nani Rahayu Yusof NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Bernama) — Big cities from Washington to Boston buttoned up on Sunday against the onslaught of a superstorm that could affect some 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in […]