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(UPDATE) East River Ferry to resume, HOV restrictions on two bridges
UPDATE: Governor Cuomo announced on Wednesday night that he has authorized the MTA to waive all train and bus fares for the remainder of the week. 14 of the city’s 23 subways will be running on Thursday in segments, largely leaving out lower Manhattan, where there is still no power. MTA Chairman Joe Lhota expects […]
New Yorkers in fuel scramble as storm-hit pumps dry up
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drivers and homeowners scrambled to secure fuel for their cars and generators in the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday as storm-hit gasoline stations started to run dry. More than half of all gasoline service stations in the New York City area and New Jersey were shut because of depleted fuel supplies and […]
Limited Subway Service To Resume Thursday
Gov. Cuomo announced that limited commuter rail service on Metro North and the Long Island Rail Road will begin at 2 p.m. today–and some subway service will follow tomorrow. The subway service, he said, will be supplemented by a “bus bridge” from Brooklyn to Manhattan. While he didn’t specifically say which lines will be back […]
New Yorkers scramble for fuel, gas stations run dry
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drivers and homeowners scrambled to secure fuel for their cars and generators in the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday as storm-hit gasoline stations started to run dry. More than half of all gasoline service stations in the New York City area and New Jersey were shut because of depleted fuel supplies and […]
Cuomo, Bloomberg push to protect NYC, cite climate
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday pushed for new and better protection of the nation’s biggest city that could include sea walls and levees to ward off what Cuomo fears is an emerging pattern of violent storms. Cuomo continued his call for better protection of the […]
Commuter Hell: Long Lines, Nightmare Traffic, And Chaos Buses
With the subways still down in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and no timetable yet on when they might be back (although we’re expected to get a better idea of that sometime today), the city is offering partial, free bus service to help commuters get to work today. While it’s understandable there might be some […]
New York City bars reopen in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
Many of New York’s trendiest cocktail bars are located in areas of the city heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy—the East Village and Lower East Side, DUMBO, Long Island City, Brooklyn Heights, even the Financial District. Regions that saw inundation during the hurricane, and continue to face power outages in the days to come.Thanks to a […]
Citi building blowout
Notice the plywood office window Court Square was closed
The top stop: Manducatis Rustica
Thanks every year to Gianna See the full gallery on Posterous
Riot for food moving towards Vernon
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Little Ones – totaled
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Top costume contender
Kid-rebel
Long Beach, NY: Contaminated water, no power
LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — In Long Beach, Long Island, the city’s water is contaminated and the electricity is out. Several dozen people gathered Wednesday at a free cell phone charging station outside a closed supermarket. One of the shell-shocked residents recalled how he parked on higher ground, thinking his car was safe. It was […]
Cuomo says Sandy NYC-area recovery will be "long term"
Oct 31, 2012 — Governor Cuomo, who says he spent a “frightening” night monitoring storm devastation in lower Manhattan, held a briefing Tuesday addressing short… Oct 31, 2012 — Emergency declarations have been canceled across the North Country now that Hurricane Sandy (now Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy) tracked away from our… Oct 31, 2012 — Hurricane […]
Lower Manhattan Staggering
Lower Manhattan Staggering MANHATTAN (CN) – The lights of the Empire State Building marked the divide between a nearly blacked-out Lower Manhattan and the rest of the city Tuesday night, as New York City reeled from the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy. Six hundred thousand Con Ed customers were still blacked out Tuesday, the company said, […]