http://www.newsvine.com/new-yorkersNewsvine - new-yorkersen-usCopyright 2013Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:30:10 +0000Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:00 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17347953-nyc-officer-testifies-on-stop-challenged-in-suithttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17347953-nyc-officer-testifies-on-stop-challenged-in-suitusnew-yorkersnew-york-citystopus-newsnew-york-police-departmentstop-and-friskfriskand-friskstop-anddavid-floydSun, 17 Mar 2013 17:59:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Sunday, June 17, 2012 file photo, Rev. Al Sharpton, center, walks with thousands along Fifth Avenue, during a silent march to end the "stop-and-frisk" program in New York. A federal trial is scheduled to begin in New York on Monday, March 18, 2013, where the NYPD’s practice of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street will face a sweeping legal challenge. The outcome could bring major changes to the nation's largest police force and could affect how other departments use the stop and frisk tactic. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)</p><p>FILE - In this June 17, 2012 file photo, demonstrators hold signs during a silent march in New York to end the New York City Police Department’s "stop-and-frisk" program. A federal trial is scheduled to begin in New York on Monday, March 18, 2013, where the NYPD’s practice of stopping, questioning and frisking people on the street will face a sweeping legal challenge. The outcome could bring major changes to the nation's largest police force and could affect how other departments use the stop and frisk tactic. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)</p><p>Devin Almonor speaks to members of the media after testifying in a civil trial regarding police stop and frisk tactics in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013. A civil trial that began Monday in federal court in Manhattan will examine the controversial tactic that has become a city flashpoint, with mass demonstrations, City Council hearings and mayoral candidates calling for reform. The lawsuit, now a class-action, seeks a court-appointed monitor to oversee changes to how the police make stops. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>David Floyd, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit regarding police stop and frisk tactics, leaves federal court in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013. A civil trial that began Monday in federal court in Manhattan will examine the controversial tactic that has become a city flashpoint, with mass demonstrations, City Council hearings and mayoral candidates calling for reform. The lawsuit, now a class-action, seeks a court-appointed monitor to oversee changes to how the police make stops. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Protesters walk to federal court where a civil trial examining police stop and frisk tactics is underway in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013. Many of the 5 million New Yorkers stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted because of their race, lawyers for four men who said they were illegally stopped said Monday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Protesters participate in a rally near the federal courthouse in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013. Many of the 5 million New Yorkers stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted because of their race, lawyers for four men who said they were illegally stopped said Monday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Protesters participate in a rally near the federal courthouse in New York, Monday, March 18, 2013. Many of the 5 million New Yorkers stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted because of their race, lawyers for four men who said they were illegally stopped said Monday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17232790-pricey-ny-apartments-to-rise-on-public-housinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17232790-pricey-ny-apartments-to-rise-on-public-housingnewhousingneighborsnew-yorkersus-newspublic-housingFri, 8 Mar 2013 07:53:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This Wednesday, March 6, 2013 photo shows the apartment building at 1475 Madison Avenue in New York. Officials want to demolish existing areas on public housing properties &#8212; a baseball field, a community center, a parking lot &#8212; and build more than half a dozen brand-new luxury apartment complexes. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17211715-next-nyc-health-campaign-too-loud-earphoneshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17211715-next-nyc-health-campaign-too-loud-earphonesushealthbloombergnew-yorkersmayor-michael-bloombergloudearphonesWed, 6 Mar 2013 19:16:26 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo of Tuesday, March 5, 2013, a young boy listens to music by sharing an earphone with his mother while riding a New York subway. Add cranked-up earphones to the list of health dangers Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants New Yorkers to quit. City health officials plan to warn young people with a public service campaign that they risk hearing loss from listening to music at high volume on personal music players. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149016-court-to-review-speedy-approval-of-ny-gun-controlshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149016-court-to-review-speedy-approval-of-ny-gun-controlsusnew-yorknycourtnew-yorkersus-newsgun-controlFri, 1 Mar 2013 19:07:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16976380-new-yorkers-react-to-mayors-plastic-foam-ban-pushhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16976380-new-yorkers-react-to-mayors-plastic-foam-ban-pushusnew-yorkersmayor-michael-bloombergus-newsfoamcontainersplastic-foamfoam-containersplastic-foam-containersFri, 15 Feb 2013 19:16:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A McDonald's breakfast is arranged for an illustration Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 at a McDonald's restaurant in New York. The pancakes and sausage are served on a foam tray and coffee is served in a foam cup. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has taken on smoking, sugary drinks and salt, talked about banning food packaging made from polystyrene foam from stores and restaurants in his annual State of the City address on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A McDonald's breakfast is arranged for an illustration Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 at a McDonald's restaurant in New York. The pancakes and sausage are served on a foam tray and coffee is served in a foam cup. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has taken on smoking, sugary drinks and salt, talked about banning food packaging made from polystyrene foam from stores and restaurants in his annual State of the City address on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A girl has a doughnut and a beverage, served in a foam cup, at a Dunkin' Donuts in New York Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has taken on smoking, sugary drinks and salt, talked about banning food packaging made from polystyrene foam from stores and restaurants in his annual State of the City address on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Coffee served in a foam cup is held for an illustration Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 at a McDonald's restaurant in New York. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has taken on smoking, sugary drinks and salt, talked about banning food packaging made from polystyrene foam from stores and restaurants in his annual State of the City address on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A bag of foam cups are for sale in New York Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has taken on smoking, sugary drinks and salt, talked about banning food packaging made from polystyrene foam from stores and restaurants in his annual State of the City address on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A foam cup, center, is discarded in a trash bin in New York Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has taken on smoking, sugary drinks and salt, talked about banning food packaging made from polystyrene foam from stores and restaurants in his annual State of the City address on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949072-summertime-outdoor-pianos-returning-to-nychttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949072-summertime-outdoor-pianos-returning-to-nycusoutdoorfestivalnew-yorkersus-newspianosWed, 13 Feb 2013 14:45:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this June 21, 2010 file photo, Carolyn Enger, of Englewood, N.J., plays a piano in Brooklyn Bridge Park, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The piano was one of 60 that were part of the first year of Sing for Hope’s Pianos, a grassroots group of more than 1,000 artists who volunteer to make art accessible to everyone. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)</p><p>In this 2011 photo provided by Sing for Hope, Sing for Hope Co-Founding Directors Camille Zamora, left, and Monica Yunus lean on a piano decorated by artist Jillian Logue, after it found its final home in Betances Community Center in the Bronx borough of New York. A festival featuring 88 pianos planted all around New York City's streets and parks is returning this summer. It's called Sing for Hope Pianos and will run from June 1, 2013 through June 16. Each of the pianos will be painted and decorated by different artists.(AP Photo/Sing for Hope, Lekha Singh)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16794443-nycs-landmark-grand-central-terminal-turns-100http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16794443-nycs-landmark-grand-central-terminal-turns-100usnew-yorkersnew-york-cityus-newsgrand-central-terminalgrand-centralcentennialcaroline-kennedyjacqueline-kennedy-onassisgrand-central-centennialThu, 31 Jan 2013 20:56:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE- In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, pedestrians and travelers stroll through the main concourse of Grand Central Terminal in New York. The landmark, one of the country's finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture and the most famous train station in America is celebrating it's 100th anniversary on February 1. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)</p><p>FILE- In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, the famous opalescent clock keeps time at the center of the main concourse in Grand Central Terminal is shown in New York. The country's most famous train station and one of its finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture in America turns 100 on Feb. 1. The building's centennial comes 15 years after a triumphant renovation that removed decades of grime and decay. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)</p><p>Crowds gather as Grand Central Terminal kicks off its centennial celebration on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 in New York. New Yorkers are celebrating the 100th birthday of Grand Central terminal with music, speeches and a cake shaped like the main concourse's famous clock. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>A reflection of Mayor Michael Bloomberg is caught in the window of the booth hosting the Grand Central Terminal clock, a four convex face made of opal, as he speaks during its 100th birthday celebration on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 in New York. Mayor Bloomberg remembered former Mayor Ed Koch, who died early this morning at 88, recalling his role in helping to restore the terminal. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>New York poet Billy Collins, second from left, Broadway star Cynthia Nixon, third from left, and retired Amtrak conductor Tom Savio, right, are among invited guests attending the Grand Central Terminal centennial celebration on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 in New York. Grand Central, once in danger of being demolished, is celebrating its 100th birthday with speeches, a brass band and a rollback to 1913 prices when a slice of cheesecake might go for 19 cents. The majestic Beaux Arts building, known as Grand Central station although it is technically a terminal, is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16445432-nyc-firm-hit-hard-on-911-gives-10m-in-sandy-aidhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16445432-nyc-firm-hit-hard-on-911-gives-10m-in-sandy-aidusfundreliefnew-yorkersnew-york-cityus-newsrelief-fundsuperstormsuperstorm-sandyThu, 10 Jan 2013 11:05:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Parents of school children, including Victoria Petronio, center, line up to collect relief funds at a school auditorium in the Rockaways section of New York, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The New York City financial services firm that lost the most workers in the Sept. 11 terror attacks announced that it will "adopt" 19 schools in communities hit hard by Superstorm Sandy and give a total of $10 million to families in those schools. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick displays a sample of the debit cards his company is distributing to Superstorm Sandy victims during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The New York City financial services firm that lost the most workers in the Sept. 11 terror attacks announced that it will "adopt" 19 schools in communities hit hard by Superstorm Sandy and give a total of $10 million to families in those schools. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, right, speaks during a news conference while Sen. Charles Schumer, center, and Congressman Gregory Meeks listen at a school auditorium in the Rockaways section of New York, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The New York City financial services firm that lost the most workers in the Sept. 11 terror attacks announced that it will "adopt" 19 schools in communities hit hard by Superstorm Sandy and give a total of $10 million to families in those schools. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Afroj Sultana, right, her husband Md Rahman and her son Mohammed Usman, 2, talk with volunteers about collecting relief funds at a school auditorium in the Rockaways section of New York, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The New York City financial services firm that lost the most workers in the Sept. 11 terror attacks announced that it will "adopt" 19 schools in communities hit hard by Superstorm Sandy and give a total of $10 million to families in those schools. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Ebony Wimms collects Superstorm Sandy relief funds at a school auditorium in the Rockaways section of New York, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The New York City financial services firm that lost the most workers in the Sept. 11 terror attacks announced that it will "adopt" 19 schools in communities hit hard by Superstorm Sandy and give a total of $10 million to families in those schools. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Theresa and Paul Wade collect Superstorm Sandy relief funds at a school auditorium in the Rockaways section of New York, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The New York City financial services firm that lost the most workers in the Sept. 11 terror attacks announced that it will "adopt" 19 schools in communities hit hard by Superstorm Sandy and give a total of $10 million to families in those schools. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16168033-grim-limbo-for-nycs-nursing-home-evacueeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16168033-grim-limbo-for-nycs-nursing-home-evacueesushomesnew-yorkersus-newsnursing-homessuperstormsuperstorm-sandyWed, 26 Dec 2012 17:35:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, photo, an unidentified man leaves the Bishop Henry B. Hucles Episcopal Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in New York. The facility, located in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, is one of several New York city facilities that took in hundreds of elderly and disabled New Yorkers evacuated from seaside nursing homes and assisted living residences after Superstorm Sandy. The nursing facility is swollen to nearly double its licensed capacity. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018222-for-minor-crimes-nyers-sentenced-to-sandy-reliefhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018222-for-minor-crimes-nyers-sentenced-to-sandy-reliefusnew-yorkersus-newssandysentenced-to-sandyto-sandyWed, 19 Dec 2012 14:50:17 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Dec. 10, 2012 photo provided by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, some minor offenders put in their court ordered community service by helping with the Superstorm Sandy relief effort on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Offenders were brought from the court to the Coney Island neighborhood in vans provided by the Center for Court Innovation, an independent criminal justice research, development and innovation organization. (AP Photo/Manhattan District Attorney’s Office) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15754150-nyc-subway-rider-helps-fellow-rider-on-trackshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15754150-nyc-subway-rider-helps-fellow-rider-on-tracksusrescuesubwaynew-yorkersus-newsFri, 7 Dec 2012 16:08:02 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15670556-man-charged-in-subway-riders-death-blames-voiceshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15670556-man-charged-in-subway-riders-death-blames-voicesusnew-yorkdeathsubwaynew-yorkersnew-york-citytimes-squareus-newsnew-yorkernew-york-postpushas-new-york-citysubway-pushwhile-new-york-cityTue, 4 Dec 2012 13:38:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Uniformed and plainclothes police officers stand outside a New York subway station after a man was killed after falling into the path of a train, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Transit officials say police are investigating whether he could have been pushed onto the tracks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>This image released by NBC shows co-hosts Savannah Guthrie, left, and Matt Lauer, center, during an interview with freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi on NBC News' "Today" show, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. On Monday, Abbasi took a photo of a man who was pushed onto a New York subway track and killed after being hit by a train. The New York Post published the photo on its front page Tuesday showing the man with his head turned toward the oncoming train. The headline read in part: "This man is about to die." (AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer)</p><p>This image released by NBC shows co-hosts Savannah Guthrie, left, and Matt Lauer, center, during an interview with freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi on NBC News' "Today" show, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. On Monday, Abbasi took a photo of a man who was pushed onto a New York subway track and killed after being hit by a train. The New York Post published the photo on its front page Tuesday showing the man with his head turned toward the oncoming train. The headline read in part: "This man is about to die." (AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer)</p><p>Serim Han , right, holds a picture of her husband Ki-Suck Han as she sits next to their daughter Ashley Han, 20, during a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in the death of Ki-Suck Han, who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Serim Han holds a picture of her husband Ki-Suck Han during a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in the death of Ki-Suck Han, who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Serim Han listens during a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in the death of Han's husband, Ki-Suck Han, who was pushed onto subway tracks and photographed just before a train struck him. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Serim Han holds a picture of her husband Ki-Suck Han during a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. Naeem Davis, 30, was taken into custody for questioning Tuesday after security video showed a man fitting the suspect's description working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center. Police said Davis made statements implicating himself in Ki-Suck Han's death. Davis was arrested on a second-degree murder charge. Witnesses told investigators they saw a man talking to himself Monday afternoon before he approached the 58-year-old Han of Queens at the Times Square station, got into an altercation with him and pushed him into the train's path. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Ashley Han, 20, sits next to her mother Serim Han, as she talks about her father Ki-Suck Han during a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. Naeem Davis, 30, was taken into custody for questioning Tuesday after security video showed a man fitting the suspect's description working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center. Police said Davis made statements implicating himself in Ki-Suck Han’s death. Witnesses told investigators they saw a man talking to himself Monday afternoon before he approached the 58-year-old Han of Queens at the Times Square station, got into an altercation with him and pushed him into the train's path.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Serim Han, center, holds a picture of her husband Ki-Suck Han, as she is flanked by New York City Comptroller John Liu, left, and Rev. Won Tae Cho, Han's pastor, during a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in the death of Ki-Suck Han, who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Suspect Naeem Davis is driven from the Midtown North police precinct, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. Davis, 30, was taken into custody for questioning Tuesday after security video showed a man fitting the suspect's description working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center. Police said Davis made statements implicating himself in Ki-Suck Han's death. Davis was arrested on a second-degree murder charge. Witnesses told investigators they saw a man talking to himself Monday afternoon before he approached the 58-year-old Han of Queens at the Times Square station, got into an altercation with him and pushed him into the train's path. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)</p><p>New York City Comptroller John Liu, center, escorts Serim Han, as she holds a picture of her husband Ki-Suck Han, and her daughter Ashley Han, 20, second from left, to a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. Naeem Davis, 30, was taken into custody for questioning Tuesday after security video showed a man fitting the suspect's description working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center. Police said Davis made statements implicating himself in Ki-Suck Han's death. Davis was arrested on a second-degree murder charge. Witnesses told investigators they saw a man talking to himself Monday afternoon before he approached the 58-year-old Han of Queens at the Times Square station, got into an altercation with him and pushed him into the train's path. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Naeem Davis stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/Daily News, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p><p>Naeem Davis, right, stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/Daily News, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p><p>Naeem Davis, right, stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. With him is attorney Stephen Pokart. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/Daily News, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p><p>Naeem Davis, right, stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. With him is attorney Stephen Pokart. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/Daily News, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p><p>Naeem Davis, right, stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/Daily News, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p><p>CORRECTS SOURCE - Naeem Davis stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/New York Post, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p><p>Naeem Davis, right, stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/New York Post, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p><p>CORRECTS SOURCE - Naeem Davis, right, stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. With him is attorney Stephen Pokart. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/New York Post, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p><p>CORRECTS SOURCE - Naeem Davis, right, stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. With him is attorney Stephen Pokart. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/New York Post, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p><p>CORRECTS SOURCE - Naeem Davis, right, stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/New York Post, William C. Lopez, Pool)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15389496-nys-fire-island-assesses-future-after-sandyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15389496-nys-fire-island-assesses-future-after-sandyusislandnew-yorkersus-newsfire-islandsuperstormsuperstorm-sandyFri, 23 Nov 2012 16:59:06 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, pilings that once held a walkway over dunes leading to the beach are all that remain outside a boarded up home in Ocean Beach, N.Y. The Fire Island community was damaged in Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, the ferry Fire Island Belle leaves the dock with passengers visiting Ocean Beach, N.Y. Residents of the Fire Island community were allowed to visit to assess damage from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, Chris Soller, right, superintendent of the Fire Island National Seashore, points to a map of Fire Island with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, in Kismet, N.Y. The two were among a team of officials touring the damaged barrier island south of Long Island. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, homeowner Hyman Portnoy stands outside the damaged deck of his home in Ocean Beach, N.Y. The home was among hundreds destroyed or damaged on Fire Island during Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, artist Kenny Goodman describes the damage from Superstorm Sandy inside his shop in the Fire Island community of Ocean Beach, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 photo, bicycles remain buried beneath several feet of sand in the Fire Island community of Kismet, N.Y. In the background, Suffolk County and other officials tour the community damaged from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15192022-obama-urges-nation-to-come-together-for-holidayhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15192022-obama-urges-nation-to-come-together-for-holidayuspoliticsnew-yorkerssoutheast-asianew-york-cityeast-coastobamabarack-obamastaten-islandus-newssuperstorm-sandyThu, 15 Nov 2012 16:55:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>President Barack Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>President Barack Obama, accompanied by Air Force Col. Michael A. Minihan, commander, 89th Airlift Wing, waves as he walks to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, en route to New York to visit areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)</p><p>President Barack Obama is greeted by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo upon his arrival at JFK International Airport in New York Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, before taking a aerial tour of damage along the New York coastline in the of Superstorm Sandy. From left are, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, in HUD jacket, Cuomo, the president, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>President Barack Obama, followed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is greeted by, from left, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, back to camera, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, upon their arrival at JFK International Airport in New York, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, before taking a aerial tour of damage along the New York coastline in the of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>President Barack Obama is hugged by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo upon his arrival at JFK International Airport in New York, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, en route to visit areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy. From left are, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>President Barack Obama, accompanied by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Homeland Secretary Secretary Janet Napolitano, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and others, visits people at the FEMA recovery center on the grounds of New Dorp High School, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, on Staten Island, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>President Barack Obama, accompanied by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Sen. Charles Schumer, D.N.Y., and other, hugs Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., after a news conference on Cedar Grove Avenue, a street significantly impacted by Superstorm Sandy, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, on Staten Island, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>President Barack Obama, accompanied by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., hugs Debbie Ingenito on Cedar Grove Avenue, a street significantly impacted by Superstorm Sandy, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, on Staten Island, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>President Barack Obama comforts a woman at the FEMA recovery center on the grounds of New Dorp High School, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, on Staten Island, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>President Barack Obama hugs a woman as he visits the FEMA recovery center on the grounds of New Dorp High School, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 on Staten Island, in New York. At left is Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a news conference on Cedar Grove Avenue, a street significantly impacted by Superstorm Sandy, Thursday, Nov. 15,2012, on Staten Island, in New York. From left are, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., the president, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, followed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., leaves the White House the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, to speak to the media after meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)</p><p>U.S. President Barack Obama, left, meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao , right, during the East Asia Summit at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>U.S. President Barack Obama attends the East Asian Summit Plenary Session at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>U.S. President Barack Obama, left, attends the East Asian Summit Plenary Session at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Seated right is Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>U.S. President Barack Obama yawns at the beginning of the East Asian Summit Plenary Session at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>Participants from left, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, U.S. President Barack Obama, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and China's Premier Wen Jiabao smile during a family picture session before the East Asia Summit Plenary Session in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) </p><p>Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, left, speaks to U.S. President Barack Obama, right, as they arrive for the East Asian Summit Plenary Session at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14967571-rove-vs-fox-news-channelhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14967571-rove-vs-fox-news-channelentertainmentusnew-yorkwhite-houseelectionpoliticsnew-jerseynorth-koreawatchunited-statesassociated-pressronald-reagankarl-rovenew-yorkersnorth-carolinalas-vegaswest-virginiamitt-romneysan-diegowinter-olympicsnew-mexicoeast-coasttop-white-housesouth-carolinabarack-obamajesus-christelection-daysenate-democratsus-newsmiddle-easternassociated-press'fox-news-channelohio-republicanjoe-liebermanscottie-pippenbob-caseyjoe-bidenjersey-shorelatter-day-saintsbrigham-young-universitysean-hannityelectoral-collegeted-nugentjuly-fourthpew-internetjoe-donnellyrepublican-mitt-romneygoogle-doodlepaul-ryantodd-akinmichelle-obamadakota-countydavid-axelrodmany-americansmccormick-placechris-murphywhy-becausejoe-biden"democrat-bill-clintoncleveland-hopkins-international-airportdavid-plouffebut-obamacongressman-ryanliz-sidotiscott-brownelection-watchlady-gagaformer-chicago-bullschris-christiejudy-blumetraining-centertwo-north-koreanedison-researchactress-kate-walshhouse-speaker-johnmatt-rourkedemocrat-elizabeth-warrenap-television-writer-david-bauderjanna-ryantobin-ryancomedian-jimmy-kimmelsuperstorm-sandydemocratic-districtannette-debonasteve-harvey-morning-show"wake-county-firearms-educationwhile-paul-ryanon-new-york-cityactor-rapper-ice-tanthony-morronemitt-romney-paul-ryan-republicanbenjamin-franklin-elementary-schoolboston-conventionelisa-kennedywest-virginia-gopsome-election-daynew-jersey;kevin-bonnauddo-you-like-me-now"boston-convention-centersteve-peoplesTue, 6 Nov 2012 13:25:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Voters enter the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland on the last day of early voting in Ohio Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. About 1.6 million people have voted early in Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)</p><p>Residents of a flood-wrecked home in Point Pleasant Beach N.J. offer encouragement to fellow victims of Superstorm Sandy on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in this message scrawled on the bottom of a waterlogged mattress. A new storm, this one a nor'easter, was due to hit the shore Wednesday, raising fears of renewed damage and flooding. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)</p><p>Dorothy Ann Van, of Surf City, Long Beach Island, N.J., who was displaced by Superstorm Sandy, stands at the front of a line to vote Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Burlington, N.J., at a Mobile Voting Precinct. Election officials say Superstorm Sandy had knocked out about 900 polling places in one way or another. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, takes the stage with wife Ann before speaking at a campaign event at the Verizon Wireless Arena, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/David Goldman)</p><p>President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk off Air Force One after arriving at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)</p><p>Vice President Joe Biden waves as he exits a voting booth after casting his ballot at Alexis I. duPont High School, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Greenville, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) </p><p>Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife Ann Romney vote in Belmont, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., votes with his children Sam and Liza, as his wife Janna, second from left, votes with Charlie, at the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville, Wis., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., waves as he comes off the stage with his wife Janna, left, daughter Liza, second from left, and sons Sam and Charlie, right, during a campaign event, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>Bottled water sits on a table in a room at Hoboken City Hall as residents cast their votes on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a declaration allowing people displaced by Superstorm Sandy to vote in the general election at any polling place. However, such voters were not allowed to vote in local elections. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>President Barack Obama speaks to media as he visits a campaign office the morning of the 2012 election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gives a thumbs-up as he boards the campaign charter airplane in Janesville, Wis., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>A sign guides voters to a polling location as they line up to cast their votes Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Dallas. After a grinding presidential campaign, Americans head into polling places across the country. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)</p><p>President Barack Obama calls Wisconsin volunteers as he visits a campaign office call center the morning of the 2012 election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>Rep. Paul Ryan and his wife Janna, right, answer questions from local and region press organizations after voting at the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville, Wis., on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/The Janesville Gazette, Mark Kauzlarich)</p><p>Poll workers Eva Prenga, right, Roxanne Blancero, center, and Carole Sevchuk try to start an optical scanner voting machine in the cold and dark at a polling station in a tent in the Midland Beach section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The original polling site, a school, was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Roseville Bakeryin Roseville, Minn. has been selling Obama and Romney cookies and tallying sales as part of a decidedly unscientific cookie poll. Roseville Bakery owner Amy Johnson says she's done her cookie poll in the past two elections, and it correctly predicted the winner both times. (AP Photo/Amy Forliti)</p><p>Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, center, votes at Ronald Reagan Lodge, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in West Chester, Ohio. After a grinding presidential campaign, Americans head into polling places across the country. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)</p><p>Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., make an unscheduled stop at a Wendy's restaurant in Richmond Heights, Ohio, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., get ready to order as they make an unscheduled stop at a Wendy's restaurant in Richmond Heights, Ohio, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>Vice President Joe Biden meets with patrons during a visit to the Landmark Restaurant, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., make an unscheduled stop at a Wendy's restaurant in Richmond Heights, Ohio, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak</p><p>New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie holds a press conference outside the Joseph Bolger Middle School in Keansburg, N.J., where he spoke to residents Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, a week after Hurricane Sandy devasted New Jersey. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Clem Murray, Pool)</p><p>President Barack Obama waves to people as he leaves a campaign office the morning of the 2012 election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>A surfing class passes a sign for a polling place as voters head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in San Diego. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center stage to American voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)</p><p>President Barack Obama calls out to people outside a campaign office in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, after a visit with volunteers on the morning of the 2012 election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>An airman stands guard next to Vice President Joe Biden's Air Force Two, in view of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's charter jet, at Cleveland Hopkins International airport, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</p><p>Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to a crowd at a nearby parking lot after his campaign plane arrived at Moon Township Pittsburgh International Airport in Coraopolis, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. waves upon his arrival at Richmond International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>Noelle Connor, a Madison, Miss., poll worker readies a sticker to apply to the lapel of finished voters at her precinct Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Local officials expressed their pleasure with the large early turnout of voters. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)</p><p>Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks to volunteers at a GOP field office, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Henrico County, Va. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>A resident in Atlantic Highlands, N.J. walks to the Atlantic Highlands Emergency Services Building to vote as power outages from Superstorm Sandy forced the town to condense all the districts into one location, Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012 in Atlantic Highlands, N.J. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein) </p><p>People wait in line to vote at the Neptune Society Columbarium Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in San Francisco. Built in 1898, the Neo-Classical columbarium is one of the last remaining cemeteries in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)</p><p>Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks to volunteers at a GOP field office, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Henrico County, Va. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>A voter arrives at a polling site at Makiki District Park on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Honolulu. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center stage to American voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. (AP Photo/Kent Nishimura)</p><p>Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrives on his campaign plane at Boston's Logan Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>Snow surrounds the polling precinct in Terra Alta, W.Va., as Peter Hough heads to work after casting his ballot on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)</p><p>Voters wait in line for over an hour to vote at the Moose Lodge polling site in Campbell County on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Lynchburg, Va. (AP Photo/News & Daily Advance, Jill Nance)</p><p>A crowd waits in line to cast their votes in the general election at Ridgecrest Elementary, in Hyattsville, Md. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)</p><p>Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visits a campaign call center in Green Tree, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>Craig Romney son of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during Mitt's election night rally, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)</p><p>A voter casts his ballot at a machine at the Highland Precinct 1 at the Roanoke Scottish Rite Building in Roanoke, Va. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Kyle Green)</p><p>A Shreveport residents walks into Broadmoor Middle Laboratory to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Shreveport, La. (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, Jim Hudelson) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT SHREVEPORTTIMES.COM; NO SALES</p><p>A stuffed loon overlooks voters in the Old Town Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, on Westport Island, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)</p><p>Thai Vang, 33, left, and Agnes Ly, 28, of Paris, France, watch election results in Times Square, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in New York. After a year of campaigning, polls have begun to close after Americans across the United States headed to the polls to decide the winner of the tight presidential race between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>Taylor Pineiro of Queens, N.Y. a deputy field organizer for the Obama campaign, works the phone at a field office on Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 during Election Day. (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, Butch Comegys) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT </p><p>In this still frame made from video, voters wait to vote in Dixville Notch, N.H., shortly before midnight Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, to be the first Election Day votes in the nation. After 43 seconds of voting, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney each had 5 votes in Dixville Notch. (AP Photo/APTN)</p><p>Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., wave as they exit a campaign charter airplane at Cleveland Hopkins International airport, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. Ryan arrived moments earlier on his own plane and met Romney on board. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>Democratic candidate for Sennate Elizabeth Warren, center, casts her ballot as she and her husband , Bruce Mann, right, visited the polls near their Cambridge, Mass. home on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Warren is running against Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), who was elected in a special election in 2010 after the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA). (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)</p><p>Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon waves as she thanks supporters in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. McMahon conceded the race to Democratic opponent Chris Murphy for the Senate seat now held by Joe Lieberman, an independent who's retiring. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)</p><p>U.S. Sen Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., applauds as she checks in with election officials before voting at Kirkwood Community Center Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Kirkwood, Mo. McCaskill is running for reelection against Republican challenger Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)</p><p>Supporters wave flags at the election night party for President Barack Obama as they watch the returns Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) </p><p>Spencer Siady, left, and Vinay Cardwell, of Salt Lake CIty, react as disappointing numbers come in for Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney during election night party for the Republicans at the Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Chris Detrick) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT</p><p>A young supporter waves a flag at the election night party for President Barack Obama Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) </p><p>El presidente Barack Obama en el último mitin de su campaña electoral el lunes, 5 de noviembre del 2012 antes de los comicios presidenciales, en Des Moines, Iowa. (Foto AP/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>Supporters wave flags during President Barack Obama's election night party Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) </p><p>Supporters react to the election results at the election night party for President Barack Obama Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) </p><p>Democratic senate candidate former Gov. Timothy Kaine, and US Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, celebrate his win over Republican George Allen during his victory party in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)</p><p>Arizona Democrats celebrate as President Barack Obama is declared the winner of the presidential race at Democratic Party gathering, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)</p><p>Christabel Escarez, right, and Daisy Frearson, second from right, watch early election results at the Wildrose bar in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Both women said they were supporting Washington state's Referendum 74, which would legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)</p><p>A couple sits on chairs in a near-empty room to watch Fox News commentator Karl Rove on a big-screen television during a Republican Party election night gathering in the club level of Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14934496-gawkers-head-to-nys-storm-ravaged-neighborhoodshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14934496-gawkers-head-to-nys-storm-ravaged-neighborhoodsusnew-yorknew-jerseylong-islandnew-yorkersnew-englandnew-york-cityeast-coaststaten-islandus-newssandyandrew-cuomonew-york-mayor-michael-bloomberglong-island-rail-roadsuperstormsuperstorm-sandyrichard-chanvincent-pinaMon, 5 Nov 2012 08:01:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A crowd gather at a service station with portable containers, waiting for gas pumps to open, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that resolving gas shortages could take days. Police presence was increased at gas lines after arrests at gas stations over line jumping. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>A woman walks through an area impacted by Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm when a fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed 100 or more homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>Members of the Coney Island Cathedral of Deliverance worship in a neighboring community center, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York after their church and beach community were heavily damaged by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Ginny Flanagan, 70, surveys her damaged kitchen where the muddy marks on the walls show the height reached by floodwaters, in Breezy Point, a neighborhood that was submerged by Sandy's storm surge and remains without power nearly a week after the storm, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>Commuters wait as a train arrives early Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Trenton, N.J. A week after the storm surge from Superstorm Sandy knocked out power and flooded much of the region, trains are running a partial schedule on NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor between Trenton and New York City. Earlier Gov. Chris Christie announced the federal government will be providing rail cars to help NJ Transit get train service up and running. The governor said 25 percent of the system's rail cars were in yards that flooded. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Commuters walk down to a platform to board trains early Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Trenton, N.J. A week after the storm surge from Superstorm Sandy knocked out power and flooded much of the region, trains are running a partial schedule on NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor between Trenton and New York City. Earlier Gov. Chris Christie announced the federal government will be providing rail cars to help NJ Transit get train service up and running. The governor said 25 percent of the system's rail cars were in yards that flooded. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Commuters watch as a train arrives early Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Trenton, N.J. A week after the storm surge from Superstorm Sandy knocked out power and flooded much of the region, trains are running a partial schedule on NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor between Trenton and New York City. Earlier Gov. Chris Christie announced the federal government will be providing rail cars to help NJ Transit get train service up and running. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Nicole Vasquez uses a scarf to keep warm while waiting for food at an American Red Cross station in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 in New York. The region is still cleaning up a week after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A woman pedals her loaded tricycle past a Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer after receiving relief supplies from a clothing and food distribution center, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>A woman holds a box of food she picked up at an American Red Cross station in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 in New York. The region is still cleaning up a week after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Residents line up for bundles of food at an American Red Cross station in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 in New York. The region is still cleaning up a week after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>People, many displaced by Superstorm Sandy, line up to vote Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Burlington, N.J., at a Mobile Voting Precinct. Many victims displaced by the storm are taking advantage of offers to vote early. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Voting equipment is dragged across dried mud and sand towards tents that have become a make shift voting locations at Scholars' Academy, PS 180, in the Rockaway neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Several normal voting sites have become unusable due to high water and wind damage in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Tj Cheng and his wife Quin Wang of East Windsor, N.J., stand together Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Burlington, N.J., outside a Mobile Voting Precinct, as they inquire about voting. Many victims displaced by Superstorm Sandy are taking advantage of offers to vote early. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Voting machines rest under a tent that has become a make shift voting locations at PS 180 in the Rockaway neighborhood of the borough of Queens York, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Election officials are ordering generators, moving voting locations and figuring out how to transport poll workers displaced from coastal areas as Tuesday's presidential election became the latest challenge for states whacked by Superstorm Sandy. The storm, which devastated East Coast communities with power outages, flooding and snow, had already disrupted early voting in parts of Maryland, West Virginia, New Jersey and North Carolina. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>A sign proclaiming a lack of valuables inside is posted in the door of a veterinary clinic on a storm and fire ravaged block in Rockaway Beach, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in the the Queens borough of New York. Weather experts have some good news for beleaguered coastal residents in the Northeast: A new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts now looks like it will be weaker than expected.(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>Alex Ocasio, 37, stands next to the sign he posted on the door of his first floor apartment on Rockaway Beach Boulevard in the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in New York. Ocasio plans to ride out the Noríeaster at his first-floor apartment even after Sandy flooded his street with neck-high water and someone tried to break in afterward. (AP Photo/Tom Hays)</p><p>In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, photo, items discarded from homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy line a street, in Long Beach, N.Y. Temperatures dipped toward freezing early Monday, and tens of thousands of people without power along the ravaged Atlantic coastline faced the prospect of finding somewhere else to stay. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>Messages discouraging looters appear on a boarded-up restaurant in Rockaway Beach, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in the the Queens borough of New York. Weather experts have some good news for beleaguered coastal residents in the Northeast: A new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts now looks like it will be weaker than expected. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>A shopper, center, picks through water-damaged shoes in Sneaker Town, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in the Coney Island section of New York. The store is clearing out its inventory damaged by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Two women look through piles of clothing in front of Long Beach city hall donated for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>A resident of Staten Island's New Dorp Beach neighborhood carries a basket full of clothes and other items on her street that was devastated by Superstorm Sandy, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in New York. Although many areas of the metropolitan area are beginning to return to normal, neighborhoods of Staten Island's southern shore remain without power as the cleanup continues. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>A sign warning against looting is posted in the Nejecho Beach neighborhood of Brick, N.J. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, after the area suffered serious damage from last week's storm surge from Superstorm Sandy. Brick is ordering mandatory evacuations in advance of an approaching nor'easter. Residents in the low-lying waterfront sections of Brick Township have been told to leave their homes by 6 p.m. Tuesday. Those areas are prone to flooding and storm surges. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Bill Klipp, of Florida works on cleaning out his father's flood damaged home Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Brick, N.J. Brick is ordering mandatory evacuations in advance of an approaching nor'easter and in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Members of the National Guard walk past a house damaged by Superstorm Sandy as it is painted with an American flag in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Voting in the U.S. presidential election is the latest challenge for the hundreds of thousands of people in the New York-New Jersey area still affected by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>A sign proclaiming a lack of valuables inside is posted in the door of a veterinary clinic on a storm- and fire-ravaged block in Rockaway Beach, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in the the Queens borough of New York. Weather experts have some good news for beleaguered coastal residents in the Northeast: A new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts now looks like it will be weaker than expected. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>Members of the National Guard walk past a house damaged by Superstorm Sandy as it is painted with an American flag in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Voting in the U.S. presidential election is the latest challenge for the hundreds of thousands of people in the New York-New Jersey area still affected by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Two women look through piles of clothing in front of Long Beach city hall donated for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>Jim Arasz, of Mount Laurel, N.J., carries trash bags of debris as he helps clean out a friends flood damaged home Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Brick, N.J., after the area suffered serious damage from last week's storm surge from Superstorm Sandy. Brick is ordering mandatory evacuations in advance of an approaching nor'easter.(AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Jack Biondo ties a tarp down to protect donated supplies from a coming storm in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, New York, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Residents of New York and New Jersey who were flooded out by Superstorm Sandy are waiting with dread Wednesday for the second time in two weeks as another, weaker storm heads toward them and threatens to inundate their homes again or simply leave them shivering in the dark for even longer. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) </p><p>Gina Kohm tries to keep a tarp from blowing away which covers a pile of donated supplies at an aid station in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, New York, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Residents of New York and New Jersey who were flooded out by Superstorm Sandy are waiting with dread Wednesday for the second time in two weeks as another, weaker storm heads toward them and threatens to inundate their homes again or simply leave them shivering in the dark for even longer. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>CORRECTS DATE TO NOV. 7, INSTEAD OF NOV. 9 - Axel Benitez, 7, his mother Lucia Figueroa, second from right, and his baby sister Jelannie, in the stroller, evacuate from Coney Island with the assistance of friends, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 in New York. A new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts on Wednesday now looks like it will be weaker than expected. Winds could still gust to 50 mph in New York and New Jersey Wednesday afternoon and evening. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Waves crash into a seawall and buildings along the coast in Hull, Mass., Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A high-wind warning is in effect in the state until Wednesday night, with gusts of up to 60 mph expected in some costal areas, and 50 mph gusts expected for Boston and western Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p><p>An New York Police Department van drives along a street soaked with rain and covered with debris in a Rockaway neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, as a nor'easter aggravates already bad conditions in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Joe Graham delivers some gas in the snow to a neighbor for use in her generator in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A nor'easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday, threatening to swamp homes all over again, plunge neighborhoods back into darkness and inflict more misery on tens of thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>With a sense of humor, a life ring that appeared now hangs at the property owned by Mike Duvalle Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Rockaway Beach neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York. Duvalle was working to secure the property and close up openings to the building left in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Sanitation workers shovel snow from Queens Blvd. during a snow storm Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced new warnings to evacuate their homes and airlines canceled hundreds of flights as a new storm arrived Wednesday, only a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>In this photo provided by Tom DeVito, a boat that washed ashore during Superstorm Sandy sits covered in snow on Hylan Blvd. in the Staten Island borough of New York as a nor'easter hits the city, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A nor'easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness, stopping commuter trains again and inflicting another round of misery on thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy's blow more than a week ago. (AP Photo/Tom DeVito)</p><p>Cars navigate Queens Boulevard during a snow storm Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced new warnings to evacuate their homes and airlines canceled hundreds of flights as a new storm arrived Wednesday, only a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Men shovel snow from a walkway in Times Square Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced new warnings to evacuate their homes and airlines canceled hundreds of flights as a new storm arrived Wednesday, only a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Pedestrians walk through Times Square as it snows Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced new warnings to evacuate their homes and airlines canceled hundreds of flights as a new storm arrived Wednesday, only a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Sanitation workers shovel snow from the streets of Times Square Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced new warnings to evacuate their homes and airlines canceled hundreds of flights as a new storm arrived Wednesday, only a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>A pedestrian walks into the wind near a steam vent in the financial district, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. Residents of New York and New Jersey who were flooded out by Superstorm Sandy are waiting with dread Wednesday for the second time in two weeks as another, weaker storm heads toward them and threatens to inundate their homes again or simply leave them shivering in the dark for even longer. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>People navigate Times Square during a snow storm Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced new warnings to evacuate their homes and airlines canceled hundreds of flights as a new storm arrived Wednesday, only a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>A NYPD traffic officer works in the financial district as sleet and snow blows around him, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. Residents of New York and New Jersey who were flooded out by Superstorm Sandy are waiting with dread Wednesday for the second time in two weeks as another, weaker storm heads toward them and threatens to inundate their homes again or simply leave them shivering in the dark for even longer. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>Patrons are directed away from the Long Island Railroad which is being closed off at Penn Station as service is suspended Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. One of the nation's largest commuter railroads is suspending service because of a nor'easter sweeping the same regions hit by Superstorm Sandy more than a week ago. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Patrons are directed away from the Long Island Railroad which is being closed off at Penn Station as service is suspended Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. One of the nation's largest commuter railroads is suspending service because of a nor'easter sweeping the same regions hit by Superstorm Sandy more than a week ago. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Patrons are directed away from the Long Island Railroad which is being closed off at Penn Station as service is suspended Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in New York. One of the nation's largest commuter railroads is suspending service because of a nor'easter sweeping the same regions hit by Superstorm Sandy more than a week ago. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Gennady Naydis keeps clearing his driveway even as the handle breaks off his shovel in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to a layer of wet snow and more power outages after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Damon Rasinya carts debris from his family home past the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snow, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A religious statue stands in the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snow, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point is shown after a Nor'easter snow, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>The fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point is shown after a Nor'easter snow, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A fire-scorched tree stands in the landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snow, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Bob Quakenbush and his daughter Dana Letual clear a fallen tree from his driveway so he can go to work Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Millstone Township, N.J. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to a layer of wet snow and more power outages after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Bob Quakenbush and his daughter Dana Letual clear a fallen tree from his driveway so he can go to work, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Millstone Township, N.J. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to a layer of wet snow and more power outages after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Bob Quakenbush and his daughter Dana Letual clear a fallen tree from his driveway so he can go to work, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Millstone Township, N.J. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to a layer of wet snow and more power outages after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Snow masks much of the damage done to the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to a layer of wet snow and more power outages after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Ben Colontonio talks on his cell phone wrapped in a blanket donated by the American Red Cross as a Nor'easter approaches in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Little Ferry, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>Snow covers debris piles as flood waters start to return to neighborhoods in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012, as a nor'easter hits. The storm was threatening new damage to areas of the Jersey shore already devastated last week by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)</p><p>Motorists involved in an 11-car pile-up in Worcester, at the intersection of Chester and West Chester Streets wait for tow trucks and police to arrive, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Residents from Connecticut to Rhode Island saw 3 to 6 inches of snow on Wednesday. Worcester, Mass., had 8 inches of snow, and Freehold, N.J., had just over a foot overnight. (AP Photo/Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Steve Lanava)</p><p>Volunteers Chris Braitsch, left, Karina Ayubi unload blankets donated by the American Red Cross as a Nor'easter approaches in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Little Ferry, N.J., a town that was flooded during the storm and where some residents were still without power. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>Vladimir Repnin, 63, emerges from his powerless home with snow shovel in hand and a cigarette, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in New Dorp Beach, in the Staten Island borough of New York. Reflecting his isolation from the outside world he asked; “Who won? Obama?” (AP Photo/Tom Hays)</p><p>Utility workers check the power lines as snow covered debris from Superstorm Sandy lay on the side of a street following a nor'easter storm, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Point Pleasant, N.J. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to wet snow and more power outages Thursday after the nor'easter pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy, that left millions powerless and dozens dead last week. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo talks during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Gov. Cuomo said damage in New York state from Superstorm Sandy could total $33 billion when all is said and done, as the state began cleaning up from a nor'easter that dumped snow, brought down power lines and left hundreds of thousands of new customers in darkness. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes a point during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Gov. Cuomo said damage in New York state from Superstorm Sandy could total $33 billion when all is said and done, as the state began cleaning up from a nor'easter that dumped snow, brought down power lines and left hundreds of thousands of new customers in darkness. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Nassau County Police control access to an Exxon station in Elmont, N.Y., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Gasoline supplies have been limited in the region since Superstorm Sandy hit ten days ago. The police are limiting sales of gasoline at this Long Island station to first responders. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Utility workers the the power lines as snow covered debris from Superstorm Sandy lay on the side of a street following a nor'easter storm, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Point Pleasant, N.J. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to wet snow and more power outages Thursday after the nor'easter pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy, that left millions powerless and dozens dead last week. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes a point a news conference in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Gov. Cuomo said damage in New York state from Superstorm Sandy could total $33 billion when all is said and done, as the state began cleaning up from a nor'easter that dumped snow, brought down power lines and left hundreds of thousands of new customers in darkness. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Vincent and Jeanmarie Pina watch as a power truck from Burbank, Calif. passes their still darkened home on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in Farmingdale, N.Y. The couple said they have remained in their home for 11 days waiting for their lights to come back on.(AP Photo/Frank Eltman)</p><p>New Jersey Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, Jennifer Velez, center, walks near rows of large tents Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Oceanport, in Monmouth County, N.J., as she tours the facilities. New Jersey is moving some Superstorm Sandy evacuees from shelters to tent-like housing at Monmouth Park, a racetrack. The facility at Monmouth Park was created to house up to 4,000 out-of-state utility workers and law enforcement officers. State officials say they needed to move the evacuees to the new location temporarily because some buildings used as shelters had to revert to their normal use. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>A sign is displayed on a house damaged by Superstorm Sandy in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>FILE- In this Nov. 2, 2012 file photo, cars wait in a 30 block long line for gas in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and officials in the Long Island counties of Nassau and Suffolk have decided to start an even-odd gas rationing plan beginning at 5 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)</p><p>Police officers help keep order at a Hess gas station in the Brooklyn borough of New York where gas is still scarce, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that led to gas hoarding have prompted New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan which begins Friday at 6 a.m. in New York and 5 a.m. in Long Island. The line at this station was about an hour and 40 minutes, according to drivers waiting for gas. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>David Kahana, who said he had been sitting on line for an hour and 40 minutes, waits in line to purchase gasoline in the Brooklyn borough of New York where the product is still scarce, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that led to gas hoarding have prompted New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan which begins Friday at 6 a.m. in New York and 5 a.m. in Long Island. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>A religious statue stands in the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snow, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>People wait in line for gasoline at a Hess station in Brooklyn, where gas is still scarce, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in New York. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that led to gas hoarding have prompted New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan which begins Friday at 6 a.m. in New York and 5 a.m. in Long Island. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>Vladimir Chery fills his tank with gasoline after waiting in a long line with his container in Brooklyn, where gas is still scarce, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in New York. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that led to gas hoarding have prompted New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan which begins Friday at 6 a.m. in New York and 5 a.m. in Long Island. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>Mohammed Ismael, right, watches his friend Robbie Hassan fill his car with gasoline in Brooklyn, where gas is still scarce, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in New York. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that led to gas hoarding have prompted New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan which begins Friday at 6 a.m. in New York and 5 a.m. in Long Island. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>People waiting on line in their cars hop out to get an update on the fuel situation after waiting for nearly two hours at a Hess station in the Brooklyn borough of New York where gas is still scarce, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that led to gas hoarding have prompted New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan which begins Friday at 6 a.m. in New York and 5 a.m. in Long Island. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>People line up with containers as they wait in line to get gas at a Hess station in the Brooklyn borough of New York where gas is still scarce, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that led to gas hoarding have prompted New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan which begins Friday at 6 a.m. in New York and 5 a.m. in Long Island. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>Photographs of Elliott Miller's wedding day and graduation lay on a snow covered bench as Jeanene Miller tries to dry out the pictures of her in-laws which were damaged during floods caused by Superstorm Sandy, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Point Pleasant, N.J. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to wet snow and more power outages Thursday after the nor'easter pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy, that left millions powerless and dozens dead last week. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) </p><p>A down utility poll rests on top of a vehicle as snow covered debris from Superstorm Sandy lay in the middle of a street following a nor'easter storm, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Point Pleasant, N.J. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to wet snow and more power outages Thursday after the nor'easter pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy, that left millions powerless and dozens dead last week. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>A New York City Police Department officer manages the line of cars waiting for gasoline, in New York, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning. Police were at gas stations to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>New York City Police Department officers manage the line of cars waiting for gasoline, in New York, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning. Police were at gas stations to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>A man carries two filled gas cans at a gasoline station, in New York, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning. Police were at gas stations to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>A New York City Police Department officer manages the line of cars waiting for gasoline, in New York, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning. Police were at gas stations to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>New York City Police Department officers manage the line of cars waiting for gasoline, in New York, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning. Police were at gas stations to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>A car with a license plate that ends with an odd number waits in line for gasoline, in New York, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning. Police were at gas stations to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Drivers fill-up at a station in New York, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning. Police were at gas stations to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>A motorist pumps gas while people stand in line with containers to purchase gas on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Police were at gas stations to enforce a new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day that started in New York on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Police direct cars to gas pumps outside a gas station on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Police were at gas stations to enforce a new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day that started in New York on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Police direct cars in line to gas station pumps on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Police were at gas stations to enforce a new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day that started in New York on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Volunteers knock on doors at the Sand Castle houses to provide food and supplies to residents who continue to live without power in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>Volunteers carry water, food, and other supplies up darkened stairwells at the Sand Castle houses to assist residents who continue to live without power in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>Lysya Fridlin, 76, a resident of the Sand Castle houses, speaks to volunteers who are delivering food and supplies as she continues to live without power in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>Brian Runestad, 44, a volunteer with Fuel Relief Fund, fills up gas cans for free in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>A gas line forms for free fuel from a tanker in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>Volunteers knock on doors at the Sand Castle houses to provide food and supplies to residents who continue to live without power in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>A gas line forms for free fuel from a tanker in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>New York Governor Andrew Cuomo assists the National Guard unload a truck of supplies in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>New York Governor Andrew Cuomo greets residents of the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>A young girl plays as residents search through donated clothing piles in the Rockaways, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area after Superstorm Sandy crashed into the Eastern Seaboard, many residents of the Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Sandy. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>Volunteers work to remove sand from streets in the Rockaways, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area after Superstorm Sandy crashed into the Eastern Seaboard, many residents of the Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Sandy. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>Donations are stored and distributed in the Saint Francis de Sales school gymnasium in the Rockaways, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area after Superstorm Sandy crashed into the Eastern Seaboard, many residents of the Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>People gather on the buckled boardwalk of the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Nicoll Cortez, 6, gleefully chases a soccer ball as she plays with her brother Anthony Lopez, 7, on their sand and debris covered street in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov.11, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Neighbors volunteering to help another neighbor in need move deep sand from the house on Beach 121 Street in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Without lights or heat, parishioners take part in a Sunday service at St. Camillus Roman Catholic Church in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov.11, 2012, almost two weeks in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Cleanup was continuing on the church's damaged lower level. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Organized by Occupy Sandy volunteers, medical supplies are readied on a table in the school gymnasium at the St. Camillus Roman Catholic Church in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov.11, 2012, almost two weeks in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Thousands of food and clothing items are organized by Occupy Sandy volunteers in the school gymnasium at the St. Camillus Roman Catholic Church in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov.11, 2012, almost two weeks in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>FILE - This Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 file aerial photo shows the destroyed homes left in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Thousands of New Jersey residents displaced by Sandy are frantically calling real estate offices, looking to rent a home or apartment while they figure out what to do about their storm-ravaged homes. Others are joining waiting lists at hotels filled with evacuees and out-of-state utility workers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)</p><p>FILE- In this Nov. 10, 2012, file photo, John Papanier, 12, directs traffic on a street congested by vehicles during cleanup after Superstorm Sandy, in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y. Residents of New York's Staten Island borough are noticing something new as they and volunteers work to clear the remains of storm-damaged homes: gawkers. Cruising by in cars or walking through streets snapping photos, these are people drawn to the scene of a tragedy to glimpse what they've seen on television come to life.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2012, file photo, a woman, who did not want to give her name, returns home from work in the snow to her house in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, New York. Residents of New York's Staten Island borough are noticing something new as they and volunteers work to clear the remains of storm-damaged homes: gawkers. Cruising by in cars or walking through streets snapping photos, these are people drawn to the scene of a tragedy to glimpse what they've seen on television come to life. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/03/14903708-ny-governor-8m-gallons-of-gasoline-deliveredhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/03/14903708-ny-governor-8m-gallons-of-gasoline-deliveredusnew-yorknydeliveriesgasnew-yorkersus-newsandrew-cuomosuperstormSat, 3 Nov 2012 14:24:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/03/14896817-with-can-do-stance-on-marathon-mayor-misreads-nychttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/03/14896817-with-can-do-stance-on-marathon-mayor-misreads-nycusmarathonbloombergnew-yorkersmayor-michael-bloombergnew-york-city-marathonus-newsrudy-giulianisuperstormSat, 3 Nov 2012 07:00:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Mary Wittenberg, president of the New York Road Runners, speaks during a news conference Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York, after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled Sunday's New York City Marathon. At left is Howard Wolfson, deputy mayor for government affairs and communication. Bloomberg canceled the race after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race, as the city continues to recover from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)</p><p>A sign about the marathon and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is displayed in a devastated section of Staten Island, New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>In this photo provided by New York City Mayor’s Office, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg updates the media on the City’s Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 in New York. Later that day Bloomberg Bloomberg cancelled the 2012 New York Marathon amid growing public pressure. (AP Photo/NYC Mayor’s Office, Kristin Artz)</p><p>In this photo provided by New York City Mayor’s Office, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg updates the media on the City’s Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 in New York. Later that day Bloomberg Bloomberg cancelled the 2012 New York Marathon amid growing public pressure. Behind Bloomberg is NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. (AP Photo/NYC Mayor’s Office, Kristin Artz)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14891778-knicks-roll-past-heat-104-84-in-new-york-openerhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14891778-knicks-roll-past-heat-104-84-in-new-york-openernbasportsheatknicksnew-yorkersmiami-heatcarmelo-anthonyus-newsSat, 3 Nov 2012 02:46:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony (7) shoots against, from left, Miami Heat's Chris Bosh (6), Dwyane Wade (3) and Rashard Lewis (9) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) tries to maintain possession while being defended by New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>New York Knicks' J.R. Smith (8) shoots over Miami Heat's Shane Battier (31) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>New York Knicks' Raymond Felton (2) shoots against Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14884205-ny-marathon-canceled-tell-that-to-the-runnershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14884205-ny-marathon-canceled-tell-that-to-the-runnersusnew-yorkmarathonnew-yorkersnew-york-citymayor-michael-bloombergnew-york-city-marathonus-newsnew-york-city-mayor-michael-bloombergnew-york-marathonnew-yorker-hotelsuperstormsuperstorm-sandygisela-clausenFri, 2 Nov 2012 17:24:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>New York City Marathon banners adorn an entrance to New York's Central Park, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The course for Sunday's New York City Marathon will be the same since there was little damage but getting to the finish line could still be an adventure for runners from outlying areas. Such is life in Sandy's aftermath — disrupted trains, planes, buses and ferries, flooded buildings, blocked roads and knocked out power. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Sheila and Dominic Traina hug in front of their home which was demolished during Superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>James Traina climbs over the remains of his parent's house which was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Joe Ciprello comforts Sandra Dietz while handing out sandwiches in a neighborhood devastated by Superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Kate Traina, 14, looks over the rumble of her grandparents house in Staten Island, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under fire for pressing ahead with the New York City Marathon. Some New Yorkers say holding the 26.2-mile race would be insensitive and divert police and other important resources when many are still suffering from Superstorm Sandy. The course runs from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on hard-hit Staten Island to Central Park, sending runners through all five boroughs. The course will not be changed, since there was little damage along the route. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>James Traina climbs over the remains of his parent's house which was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. A Superstorm Sandy relief fund is being created just for residents of the hard-hit New York City borough. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro say the fund will help residents displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Julie Traina tries to recover some personal items from the destroyed home of her parents in the Staten Island borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. A Superstorm Sandy relief fund is being created just for residents of the hard-hit New York City borough. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro say the fund will help residents displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>New York City Marathon banners adorn an entrance to New York's Central Park, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Under growing pressure as thousands still shivered from Sandy, the marathon was canceled Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Workers assemble the photo bridge at the finish of the New York City Marathon in New York's Central Park, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Under growing pressure as thousands still shivered from Sandy, the narathon was canceled Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Pedro Cabrera, who was working at the starting line, stops setting up fence and secures his company's gear after the cancellation of the New York City Marathon in Staten Island, New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The New York City Marathon was canceled on Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race while the region is still recovering from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Mary Wittenberg, president of the New York Road Runners, speaks during a news conference Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York, after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled Sunday's New York City Marathon. At left is Howard Wolfson, deputy mayor for government affairs and communication. Bloomberg canceled the race after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race, as the city continues to recover from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)</p><p>Mary Wittenberg, president of the New York Road Runners, speaks during a news conference Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York, after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled Sunday's New York City Marathon. At left is Howard Wolfson, deputy mayor for government affairs and communication; at right is George Hirsch, chairman of the board of New York Road Runners. Bloomberg canceled the race after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race, as the city continues to recover from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)</p><p>Runners who were planning to run in the New York City Marathon run through Central Park in Manhattan in an alternative marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. The official race was canceled because of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)</p><p>Garbage lies piled on the street in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Carrying a backpack with goods and supplies, marathon runner Eitan Tabak runs past debris in the hard hit Midland Beach neighborhood of the Staten Island borough of New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Background right is marathon runner Michelle Mascioli and far left marathon runner Rachel Wheeler of New York. With the cancellation of the New York Marathon, hundreds of runners, wearing their marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies, took the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to neighborhoods hard hit by Superstorm Sandy to help. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Carrying food and other needed goods, Mary Wittenberg, president of the New York Road Runners, second from right, speaks with a person after handing out produce to a family whose house was heavily damaged in the the hard hit Staten Island borough of New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. With the cancellation of the New York Marathon, hundreds of runners, wearing their marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies, took the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to hard-hit neighborhoods to help. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Dr. Jordan Metzl, right, addresses a crowd of runners who would have run the New York Marathon Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at the Staten Island ferry terminal in New York. With the cancellation of the New York Marathon, hundreds of runners, wearing their marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies, took the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to hard-hit neighborhoods to help. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Mary Wittenberg, president of the New York Road Runners, reacts after speaking with a family whose house was heavily damaged during Superstorm Sandy, in the Staten Island borough New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. With the cancellation of the New York Marathon, hundreds of runners, wearing their marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies, took the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to hard-hit neighborhoods to help. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14810546-a-look-at-how-the-storm-affected-new-york-cityhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14810546-a-look-at-how-the-storm-affected-new-york-cityusnew-yorkofsnapshotsnew-yorkersus-newssuperstormTue, 30 Oct 2012 21:22:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>People brave high winds and blowing sand as they watch the rising surf at Coney Island Beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York as Hurricane Sandy arrives, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Lower Manhattan goes dark during the hybrid storm Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, viewed from the Brooklyn borough of New York. Authorities warned that New York City and Long Island could get the worst of the storm surge: an 11-foot onslaught of seawater that could swamp lower areas of the city. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>People brave high winds and blowing sand as they walk on Steeplechase Pier at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York as Hurricane Sandy arrives, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A fire fighter surveys the smoldering ruins of a house in the Breezy Point section of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. More than 50 homes were destroyed in a fire which swept through the oceanfront community during superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York's Financial District in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. New York City awakened Tuesday to a flooded subway system, shuttered financial markets and hundreds of thousands of people without power a day after a wall of seawater and high winds slammed into the city, destroying buildings and flooding tunnels. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>The tailend of a SUV is perched on top of a postal mailbox in the aftermath of floods from Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island, N.Y. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/29/14782439-nyc-marathon-unsure-how-runners-get-to-start-linehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/29/14782439-nyc-marathon-unsure-how-runners-get-to-start-linenycsportsnew-yorkmarathonnew-yorkersmayor-michael-bloombergnyc-marathonnew-york-city-marathonus-newsathnew-york-city-mayor-michael-bloomberghurricane-sandysuperstorm-sandyMon, 29 Oct 2012 17:04:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>One World Trade Center, right, peeks through a light rain as water from the Hudson River creeps up on Pier A Park with the expected arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, N.J., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>A woman covers her ears while posing for a photograph as her hair blows in the wind at the waterfront in Hoboken, N.J., as the Hudson River begins to rise and flood the area with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Debris float in front of the New York City skyline, seen from the waterfront in Hoboken, N.J., as the Hudson River begins to rise and flood the area Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>A home damaged by fire is shown in the Belle Harbor neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>The entrance to Central Park is blocked off at 59th Street in New York on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. All city parks are closed indefinitely pending damage assessment from superstorm Sandy. The Central Park Conservancy said at least 250 mature trees were felled by the storm, with benches and playgrounds damaged as well. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)</p><p>Workers assemble the finish line for the New York City Marathon in New York's Central Park, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. The 43rd New York City Marathon is on Sunday, with many logistical questions to be answered. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Workers assemble the finish line for the New York City Marathon in New York's Central Park, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. The New York City Marathon is on Sunday, with many logistical questions to be answered. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Workers assemble the finish line for the New York City Marathon in New York's Central Park, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. The 43rd New York City Marathon is on Sunday, with many logistical questions to be answered. The crane atop a high rise that collapsed during superstorm Sandy is visible at background center.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)Workers assemble the finish line for the New York City Marathon in New York's Central Park, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. The New York City Marathon is on Sunday, with many logistical questions to be answered. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Workers assemble the finish line for the New York City Marathon in New York's Central Park, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. The crane atop a high rise that collapsed during superstorm Sandy is visible at background left. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Workers assemble the finish line for the New York City Marathon in New York's Central Park, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. The New York City Marathon is on Sunday, with many logistical questions to be answered. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>New York City Marathon banners adorn an entrance to New York's Central Park, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The course for Sunday's New York City Marathon will be the same since there was little damage but getting to the finish line could still be an adventure for runners from outlying areas. Such is life in Sandy's aftermath — disrupted trains, planes, buses and ferries, flooded buildings, blocked roads and knocked out power. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Workers erect the photo bridge at the finish of the New York City Marathon, in New York's Central Park, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The course for Sunday's New York City Marathon will be the same since there was little damage but getting to the finish line could still be an adventure for runners from outlying areas. Such is life in Sandy's aftermath — disrupted trains, planes, buses and ferries, flooded buildings, blocked roads and knocked out power. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/29/14768650-cold-weather-and-new-storm-add-to-victims-miseryhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/29/14768650-cold-weather-and-new-storm-add-to-victims-miserybusinessusnew-yorkwall-streetnew-jerseylong-islandnew-york-stock-exchangeatlantic-citynew-yorkersnew-york-cityeast-coastbarack-obamaelection-daystaten-islandnew-york-city-marathonus-newseastern-seaboardbrooklyn-bridgesandynational-guardsmensuperstormhurricane-sandyfrom-washingtonsuperstorm-sandyas-superstorm-sandyMon, 29 Oct 2012 05:38:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This satellite image from the National Hurricane Center in Miami shows Sandy, at 10:03 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Hurricane Sandy was headed north from the Caribbean, where it left nearly five dozen dead, to meet a winter storm and a cold front, plus high tides from a full moon, and experts said the rare hybrid storm that results will cause havoc over 800 miles from the East Coast to the Great Lakes. (AP Photo/National Hurricane Center)</p><p>Utilities and state road workers monitor the situation on Virginia Dare Trail as rain and wind from Hurricane Sandy engulf the beachfront road in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)</p><p>Jessie Rivera, 10, of New York, a young customer of the Lola Star Gift Shop on the Coney Island boardwalk, brings pink sandbags to the door of the shop Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation.. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Molly White, 9, from Frankford, Del., covers her head as she is pelted by blowing sand on the beach, as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Ocean City, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)</p><p>Map shows predicted rain across the northeast</p><p>This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 shows Hurricane Sandy off the Mid Atlantic coastline moving toward the north with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)</p><p>Plywood covers part of the entrance to Bowling Green Station in Battery Park as storm preparation is done, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)</p><p>A maintenance worker named Vitto attaches plywood to a sidewalk grate at the 2 Broadway building of Lower Manhattan in New York, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as a child walks along the temporary structure. Areas along the Northeast Coast are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the media at Seward Park High School on the lower east side, the site of one of many public shelters set up in preparation of the storm, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)</p><p>Ocean water rolls over state highway NC 12 in Buxton, N.C., on Hatteras Island at dawn on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy works its way north, battering the U.S. East Coast. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)</p><p>Windows on a store front are boarded up in Margate N.J., with the message "Boo Sandy!", as the area prepares for the arrival of the Superstorm, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)</p><p>Gozde Guldosuren stocks up on bread at a Manhattan grocery store, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)</p><p>Ambulances line up near the Hoboken University Medical Center, where patients were evacuated in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>President Barack Obama, left, listens as Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate speaks to the media at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. FEMA is coordinating the deployment of federal resources in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)</p><p>People venture out during the strong winds and high surf of the Atlantic Ocean before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Sunday, Oct., 28, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>Sandbags line the entrance of a building as people walk by near the Hudson River water front, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of superstorm Sandy, threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Oswaldo Falleres puts tape on the window of a restaurant in preparation for the arrival of superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Mark Palazzolo, owner of a bait and tackle shop on the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., sits next to wood he has used to board up his business in previous major storms, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Of Hurricane Sandy, he said, "I think this is going to do us in." (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)</p><p>Shoppers pass an empty egg section of a Food Emporium supermarket in the West Village in the wake of the storm, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)</p><p>Teresa Perez of Buxton, N.C., runs off a sand dune near Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on Hatteras Island Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy works its way north, battering the U.S. East Coast. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)</p><p>Sarah Korman and Michael Cunba, who evacuated their home in Long Beach, N.Y., bring their dogs Jade, left, and Ava to a pet shelter at Mitchell Park's Field House, run by the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management and Pet Safe Coalition on Sunday, Oct., 28, 2012, in Uniondale, N.Y. Pet owners could drop of their pets at the shelter and then seek shelter for themselves before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>Michael Bolick works on the roof of his friend Chris Villarreal's house Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Sunset Park, N.C. Forecasters say Hurricane Sandy is a couple of hundred miles off the North Carolina coast and the center of the storm is expected to be near the mid-Atlantic coast on Monday night. The National Hurricane Center said Sunday afternoon that the storm has winds of 75 mph. Hurricane-force winds extend up to 175 miles from the storm's center. (AP Photo/The Star-News, Jeff Janowski)</p><p>Graphic shows the population density of areas projected to get more than two inches of rain from the superstorm</p><p>In Baltimore's Fells Point waterfront neighborhood, some streets near the harbor, normally filled with the cars of residents and visitors, are deserted Monday morning, Oct. 29, 2012 as city officials ordered cars to be moved from low-lying areas. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Alex Dominguez)</p><p>A pedestrian walks through light rain early Monday morning, Oct. 29, 2012, in Washington as Hurricane Sandy approaches the east coast. The wind and rain in the Nation's Capitol is expected to increase though out the day. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)</p><p>Richard Thomas walks through the flood waters in front of his home after assisting neighbors as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Fenwick Island, Del. Forecasters warned that the New York City region could face the worst of Hurricane Sandy as it bore down on the U.S. East Coast's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of financial markets and mass transit, sending coastal residents fleeing and threatening high winds, rain and a wall of water up to 11 feet (3.35 meters) tall. It could endanger up to 50 million people for days. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)</p><p>Storm clouds loom over the Empire State Building and Manhattan skyline, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>Waves wash over the seawall near high tide at Battery Park in New York, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Richard Thomas walks through the flood waters in front of his home after assisting neighbors as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Fenwick Island, Del. Forecasters warned that the New York City region could face the worst of Hurricane Sandy as it bore down on the U.S. East Coast's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of financial markets and mass transit, sending coastal residents fleeing and threatening high winds, rain and a wall of water up to 11 feet (3.35 meters) tall. It could endanger up to 50 million people for days. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)</p><p>Waters flood Ocean Ave. in Sea Bright, N.J., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>A couple embraces as they watch the storm surge reach Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)</p><p>A woman covers her ears while posing for a photograph as her hair blows in the wind at the waterfront in Hoboken, N.J., as the Hudson River begins to rise and flood the area with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>A woman reacts to waves crashing over a seawall in Narragansett, R.I., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p><p>The dinning area of a small restaurant, The Cove, is threatened by the rough Atlantic Ocean Monday Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Javier Gutierrez, front, stands with his daughter Ashley Gutierrez as they check out what Hurricane Sandy is doing to the Hudson River, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Weehawken, N.J. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Two men wade in the rough Atlantic Ocean Monday Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy continues toward landfall. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>A police officer watches from his patrol car as the rough Atlantic Ocean threatens streets Monday Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy continues toward landfall. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 shows Hurricane Sandy off the Mid Atlantic coastline moving toward the north with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. Hurricane Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared Monday, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore towns, washing away a section of the Atlantic City Boardwalk, and threatening to cripple Wall Street and New York's subway system with a huge surge of corrosive seawater. (AP Photo/NOAA)</p><p>A downed limb lies in a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Center Moriches, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>A house is inundated by flood water as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Center Moriches, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>A man reacts to waves crashing over a seawall in Narragansett, R.I., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. A fast-strengthening Hurricane Sandy churned north Monday, raking ghost-town cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p><p>A car crushed by a fallen tree sits along Montauk Highway as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Bay Shore, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>A sign informs motorists along U.S. Route 50 that Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge, which connects the state's eastern and western shores, is closed because of winds from Hurricane Sandy Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)</p><p>Sailboats rock in choppy water at a dock along the Hudson River Greenway during a storm, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing for higher ground, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Furticella)</p><p>Lower Manhattan goes dark during hurricane Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from Brooklyn, N.Y. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>A car is submerged in the Dumbo section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, as the East River overflows during hurricane Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Authorities warned that New York City and Long Island could get the worst of the storm surge: an 11-foot onslaught of seawater that could swamp lower areas of the city. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>The New York skyline remains dark Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from the Williamsburg neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In an attempt to lessen damage from saltwater to the subway system and the electrical network beneath the city's financial district, New York City's main utility cut power to about 6,500 customers in lower Manhattan. But a far wider swath of the city was hit with blackouts caused by flooding and transformer explosions. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Lower Manhattan goes dark during the hybrid storm Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, viewed from the Brooklyn borough of New York. Authorities warned that New York City and Long Island could get the worst of the storm surge: an 11-foot onslaught of seawater that could swamp lower areas of the city. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. The Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 crew members by helicopter. Hours later, rescuers found one of the missing crew members, but she was unresponsive. They are still searching for the captain. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski)</p><p>The Empire State Building, right, glows over a darkened neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 in New York. Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people.(AP Photo/Peter Morgan)</p><p>Cars pass through a darkened neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 in New York. Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)</p><p>This image from video provided by Dani Hart shows what appears to be a transformer exploding in lower Manhattan as seen from a building rooftop from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn during Sandy’s arrival in New York City. Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to nearly a million people. (AP Photo/Dani Hart)</p><p>A pedestrian runs through floodwaters in the Dumbo section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, as superstorm Sandy moves through the area, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy zeroed in on New York's waterfront with fierce rain and winds that shuttered most of the nation's largest city Monday, darkened the financial district and left a huge crane hanging off a luxury high-rise. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>This photo provided by Dylan Patrick shows flooding along the Westside Highway as Sandy moves through the area Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 in New York. Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to nearly a million people. (AP Photo/Dylan Patrick) MANDATORY CREDIT: DYLAN PATRICK</p><p>This photo provided by Dylan Patrick shows flooding along the Westside Highway near the USS Intrepid as Sandy moves through the area Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 in New York. Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to nearly a million people. (AP Photo/Dylan Patrick) MANDATORY CREDIT: DYLAN PATRICK</p><p>Ambulances wait outside New York University Tisch Hospital during an evacuation of the hospital after its backup generator failed when the power was knocked out by a superstorm, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Dozens of ambulances lined up outside NYU Tisch Hospital on Monday night as doctors and nurses began the slow process of taking people out. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>This photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, shows what appear to be transformers exploding after much of lower Manhattan lost power during hurricane Sandy in New York. Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to nearly a million people. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof)</p><p>A fire burns at least two dozen homes in a flooded neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. A fire department spokesman says more than 190 firefighters are at the blaze in the Breezy Point section. Fire officials say the blaze was reported around 11 p.m. Monday in an area flooded by the superstorm that began sweeping through earlier. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)</p><p>A fallen tree branch sits on a car blocking East 74th St. between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy made landfall Monday night, hurling a surge of seawater on New York City with wind and rain that sent water sloshing into Manhattan from three sides but began dying down within hours. (AP Photo/Willie Regan)</p><p>This photo provided by Dylan Patrick shows flooding along the Westside Highway near the USS Intrepid as Sandy moves through the area Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 in New York. Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to nearly a million people. (AP Photo/Dylan Patrick) MANDATORY CREDIT: DYLAN PATRICK</p><p>A fire burns at least two dozen homes in a flooded neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. A fire department spokesman says more than 190 firefighters are at the blaze in the Breezy Point section. Fire officials say the blaze was reported around 11 p.m. Monday in an area flooded by the superstorm that began sweeping through earlier. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)</p><p>New York Police officers turn back traffic entering the Long Island City section in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to nearly a million people. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Map shows projected path of superstorm Sandy</p><p>Elaine Belviso, 72, is rescued from her flooded home by Suffolk County police after being trapped there overnight by superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Babylon, N.Y. Sandy arrived along the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing a number of deaths. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>A boat lies toppled between two flooded houses in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>Kim Johnson looks over the destruction near her seaside apartment in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>One World Trade Center and large portions of lower Manhattan and Hoboken, N.J., are seen without power from Jersey City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the morning after a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast. New York City awakened Tuesday to a flooded subway system, shuttered financial markets and hundreds of thousands of people without power a day after a wall of seawater and high winds slammed into the city, destroying buildings and flooding tunnels. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)</p><p>Firefighters work at the scene of a house fire in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y. According to firefighters at the scene, four homes were destroyed by fire overnight in Lindenhurst, and six in Massapequa. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p><p>A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)</p><p>Barbara Sinenberg surveys the damage to the car and home of a neighbor, after superstorm Sandy felled trees crushing the car and bringing down power lines on Barberry Lane in Sea Cliff, N.Y. on Tuesday, Oct., 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>Homes destroyed by a fire at Breezy Point are shown, in the New York City borough of Queens Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses Monday night in the flooded neighborhood. More than 190 firefighters have contained the six-alarm blaze fire, but they are still putting out some pockets of fire. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>A street and business are flooded as a result of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes) </p><p>A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)</p><p>Crews work to remove a damaged sign in the wake of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Philadelphia. Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without power, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)</p><p>Halloween decorations are seen during a snowstorm, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Elkins, W.Va. Superstorm Sandy buried parts of West Virginia under more than a foot of snow on Tuesday, cutting power to at least 243,000 customers and closing dozens of roads. At least one death was reported. (AP Photo/Vicki Smith)</p><p>Glenn Heartley pulls on a rope attached to his car in preparation for getting it towed from a creek in Chincoteague, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Heartley and his wife were swept off the road into the shallow creek during superstorm Sandy's arrival Monday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)</p><p>Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)</p><p>CORRECTS YELLOW CABS TO BUSES - A parking lot full of buses is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)</p><p>Homes destroyed by a fire at Breezy Point are shown, in the New York City borough of Queens Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses Monday night in the flooded neighborhood. More than 190 firefighters have contained the six-alarm blaze fire, but they are still putting out some pockets of fire. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York's Financial District in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. New York City awakened Tuesday to a flooded subway system, shuttered financial markets and hundreds of thousands of people without power a day after a wall of seawater and high winds slammed into the city, destroying buildings and flooding tunnels. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Virgen Perez, left, and her husband Nelson Rodriguez, center, look around their home which was flooded by Storm Sandy in Atlantic City, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Their family stayed on the second floor of their home during the storm. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts after looking at debris of a home that washed up on to the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after superstorm Sandy rolled through, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Mantoloking, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Rescuers bring people out by boat in Little Ferry, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Sandy arrived along the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing a number of deaths. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)</p><p>A huge tree split apart and fell over the front yard and fence of a home on Carpenter Avenue in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct., 30, 2012, in Sea Cliff, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>Waves pound a lighthouse on the shores of Lake Erie Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, near Cleveland. High winds spinning off the edge of superstorm Sandy took a vicious swipe at northeast Ohio early Tuesday, uprooting trees, cutting power to hundreds of thousands, closing schools and flooding parts of major commuter arteries that run along Lake Erie. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)</p><p>A car is upended on a mailbox on Surf Avenue in Coney Island, N.Y., in the aftermath of Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Ralph Russo)</p><p>This photo provided by Metropolitan Transportation Authority shows people boarding a bus, as partial bus service was restored on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Mass transit, including buses, was suspended during Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Patrick Cashin)</p><p>Marcus Konner, 22, boards his home in the aftermath of a storm surge from Hurricane Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>People walk through the houses destroyed in the aftermath of yesterday's storm surge from superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>People stop along the Brooklyn waterfront to look at the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in New York. Much of lower Manhattan is without electric power following the impact of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Members of the National Guard stand ready with large trucks used to pluck people from high water in Hoboken, N.J. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Parts of the city are still covered in standing water, trapping some residents in their homes. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>A National Guard truck drives through high water on Newark Street in Hoboken, N.J. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Parts of the city are still covered in standing water, trapping some residents in their homes. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>A customer browses food piled into shopping carts on Brighton Beach Avenue, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. People in the coastal corridor battered by superstorm Sandy took the first cautious steps Wednesday to reclaim routines upended by the disaster, even as rescuers combed neighborhoods strewn with debris and scarred by floods and fire. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>People wait to use a pay phone on Bright Beach Avenue, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. People in the coastal corridor battered by superstorm Sandy took the first cautious steps Wednesday to reclaim routines upended by the disaster, even as rescuers combed neighborhoods strewn with debris and scarred by floods and fire. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>This Oct. 30, 2012, photo provided by New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) shows a flooded escalator in the South Ferry station of the No. 1 subway line, in lower Manhattan, after Superstorm Sandy passed through New York. Floodwaters that poured into New York's deepest subway tunnels may pose the biggest obstacle to the city's recovery from the worst natural disaster in the transit system's 108-year history but on Wednesday Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced limited subway service will resume on Thursday. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Transportation Authority)</p><p>This Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 a aerial photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows damage to the New Jersey shoreline during a search, taken during a search and rescue mission by 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard. By late Tuesday, the winds and flooding inflicted by the fast-weakening superstorm Sandy had subsided, leaving at least 55 people dead along the Atlantic Coast and splintering beachfront homes and boardwalks from the mid-Atlantic states to southern New England. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen)</p><p>A line of ticket-buyers wait at the TKTS booth, which sells discount tickets to Broadway shows, in New York's Times Square on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Most Broadway theaters were reopening Wednesday for regular matinee and evening performances following several days of closures related to superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz) </p><p>Workers try to clear boats and debris from the New Jersey Transit Morgan draw bridge Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in South Amboy, N.J., after Monday's storm surge from Sandy pushed boats and cargo containers onto the train tracks. New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, which provides train service from the New Jersey shore towns to New York City, may experience prolonged disruption. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Workers try to clear boats and debris from the New Jersey Transit's Morgan draw bridge Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in South Amboy, N.J., after Monday's storm surge from Sandy pushed boats and cargo containers onto the train tracks. New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, which provides train service from the New Jersey shore towns to New York City, may experience prolonged disruption because of the extensive damage. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>A line of ticket-buyers wait at the TKTS booth, which sells discount tickets to Broadway shows, in New York's Times Square on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Most Broadway theaters were reopening Wednesday for regular matinee and evening performances following several days of closures related to superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz) </p><p>President Barack Obama is greeted by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie upon his arrival at Atlantic City International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Atlantic City, NJ. Obama traveled to the region to take an aerial tour of the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey in areas damaged by superstorm Sandy, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p><p>The view of storm damage over the Atlantic Coast in Seaside Heights, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, from a helicopter traveling behind the helicopter carrying President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, as they viewed storm damage from superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)</p><p>The Manhattan skyline is the backdrop for a sailboat tossed onto the shore in Hoboken, N.J. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Parts of Hoboken are still covered in standing water. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Commuters cross New York's Brooklyn Bridge, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Morning rush-hour traffic appeared heavier than on an ordinary day as people started to return to work in a New York without functioning subways. Cars were bumper to bumper on several major highways. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>This aerial photo shows the Breezy Point neighborhood, in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, where more than 50 homes were burned to the ground Monday night as a result of superstorm Sandy. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A New York Air National Guard helicopter flies past lower Manhattan, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, and local officials took the flight over the city, Nassau and Westchester counties to get an assessment of damages from superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>This aerial view of storm damage over the Atlantic Coast in Seaside Heights, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, taken from a helicopter traveling behind the helicopter carrying President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, as they viewed storm damage from superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)</p><p>People shop in a candle-lit deli in New York's Tribeca neighborhood, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. In lower Manhattan, some stores are open even though their power is still out. Others are busing essential employees to work. Days after superstorm Sandy hit, businesses both big and small are facing a tough choice, to reopen or stay closed.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>A lone parked car is draped with snow covered branches south of Morgantown, W.Va. from a snowfall on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. West Virginia's death toll climbed to at least six and hundreds of thousands remained without power Wednesday, Oct. 31, from the wet, heavy snow that superstorm Sandy dumped on the mountains, snapping trees, pulling down power lines and collapsing homes. (AP Photo/The Dominion-Post, Ron Rittenhouse) </p><p>This aerial photo shows the damage to an amusement park left in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, N.J. New Jersey got the brunt of Sandy, which made landfall in the state and killed six people. More than 2 million customers were without power as of Wednesday afternoon, down from a peak of 2.7 million. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>Katie Lynch stands on the street with her dog Merlin in the West Village as she checks her email and voicemail on her iPhone Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012 in New York. Lynch, who lives on West 10th Street and Bleecker Street, said she had no power, cell phone service or internet service, so she needed to go out to check her email and voicemail. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)</p><p>This undated photo made available by New Jersey Transit shows boats and other debris on New Jersey Transit's Morgan draw bridge in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, in South Amboy, N.J. Most mass transit systems were shut down as a result of the storm's damage, leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters braving clogged highways and quarter-mile lines at gas stations. (AP Photo/New Jersey Transit)</p><p>A commuter waits as the first A train approaches the platform at Penn Station as MTA resumed limited service Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in New York. The decision to reopen undamaged parts of the nation’s largest transit system came as the region struggles to restore other basic services to recover from a storm that ravaged the East Coast, killing more than 70 people and leaving millions powerless. (AP Photo/CX Matiash)</p><p>A timetable board displays continued cancellations at Penn Station as MTA resumed limited service on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in New York. The decision to reopen undamaged parts of the nation’s largest transit system came as the region struggles to restore other basic services to recover from a storm that ravaged the East Coast, killing more than 70 people and leaving millions powerless. (AP Photo/CX Matiash)</p><p>Early morning traffic in New York's Brooklyn borough moves slowly beneath the Manhattan skyline, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. New York is trying to resume its normal frenetic pace Thursday, getting back its vital subway system, but still finding it slow going on gridlocked highways. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A lone parked car is draped with snow covered branches south of Morgantown, W.Va. from a snowfall on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. West Virginia's death toll climbed to at least six and hundreds of thousands remained without power Wednesday, Oct. 31, from the wet, heavy snow that superstorm Sandy dumped on the mountains, snapping trees, pulling down power lines and collapsing homes. (AP Photo/The Dominion-Post, Ron Rittenhouse) </p><p>Early morning traffic in New York's Brooklyn borough moves slowly beneath the Manhattan skyline, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. New York is trying to resume its normal frenetic pace Thursday, getting back its vital subway system, but still finding it slow going on gridlocked highways. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>A man fills a gas tank at a gas station in Point Pleasant N.J. on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. was one of the few in the shore region that was selling gasoline on Nov. 1, 2012. Motorists in the New York City area and across New Jersey are facing a second day of enormous gas lines at those stations that still have both electricity and supplies. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)</p><p>Dry ice is unloaded from a flatbed truck in Union Square for distribution to residents of the still powerless Chelsea section of Manhattan, Thursday, Nov.1, 2012, in New York. Three days after superstorm Sandy walloped the city, residents and commuters still faced obstacles as they tried to return to pre-storm routines. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)</p><p>A boat washed inland by superstorm Sandy sits on the road in Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island, N.J. on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. New Jersey got the brunt of supersrtorm Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)</p><p>A long line of people wait for free distribution of dry ice in Union Square in the still powerless Chelsea section of Manhattan,Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in New York. Three days after superstorm Sandy walloped the city, residents and commuters still faced obstacles as they tried to return to pre-storm routines. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)</p><p>Sand washed inland by superstorm Sandy is piled on the streets of Spray beach, N.J. on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)</p><p>Commuters board a New York Waterway ferry bound for Midtown Manhattan at the 14th Street pier Thursday Nov. 1, 2012 in Hoboken, N.J. New York City moved closer to resuming its frenetic pace by getting back its vital subways Thursday, three days after a superstorm, but neighboring New Jersey was stunned by coastal devastation and the news of thousands of people in one city still stranded by increasingly fetid floodwaters. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)</p><p>Glenda Moore, and her husband, Damian Moore, react as they approach the scene where at least one of their childrens' bodies were discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Police officers wearing wet suits leave a site where the body of a 2-year-old child killed during Superstorm Sandy was discovered in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Brandon Moore, 2, and Connor Moore, 4, were swiped into swirling waters as their mother tried to escape her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall during Superstorm Sandy. Police said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to her sister's home in Brooklyn when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, only to have the force of the rising water and the relentless cadence of pounding waves rip the boy's small arms from her. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>As temperatures begin to drop, people wait in line to fill containers with gas at a Shell gasoline filling station Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Keyport, N.J. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up Thursday for hours at gas stations that were struggling to stay supplied. The power outages and flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy have forced many gas stations to close and disrupted the flow of fuel from refineries to those stations that are open. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Brooke Clarkin tries to salvage some personal items from her mother's home in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Her mother's home was not only flooded to the ceiling, but was swept off its foundation and was carried to the other side of the street. The National Guard and federal emergency management officials will deliver 1 million meals and bottled water to New York areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Bill Goldberg shovels mud from the driveway of his home in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Flooding from Hurricane Sandy inundated his home, and Gioldberg fears he'll have to strip the house down to its wood foundation and rebuild from scratch. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)</p><p>Grace Chow, 22, of New York, carries a large bucket of water on a twenty floor trip to help an older resident at Confucius Plaza in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, power outages have also meant loss of water for some buildings. Chow was volunteering with the New York United Dragon and Lion Dance group. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Debris covers the lower floor of Don Durando's house in Long Beach, N.Y. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, after sustaining flooding and other damage from Superstorm Sandy. Three days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, New York and New Jersey struggled to get back on their feet, the U.S. death toll climbed to more than 80, and more than 4.6 million homes and businesses were still without power. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>Debris and destroyed homes line streets in Long Beach, N.Y. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Three days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, New York and New Jersey struggled to get back on their feet, the U.S. death toll climbed to more than 80, and more than 4.6 million homes and businesses were still without power. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>Eileen Miley takes a break from cleaning her home that was destroyed by flooding during Storm Sandy in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Three days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, New York and New Jersey struggled to get back on their feet, the U.S. death toll climbed to more than 80, and more than 4.6 million homes and businesses were still without power. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>People line up at a gas station waiting to fill up, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Newark, N.J. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up early Friday for hours at gas stations that were struggling to stay supplied. The power outages and flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy have forced many gas stations to close and disrupted the flow of fuel from refineries to those stations that are open. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Cars wait for gas in a line that stretches about one and a half miles in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers face another day of lining up for hours at gas stations struggling to stay supplied. Superstorm Sandy damaged ports that accept fuel tankers and flooded underground equipment that sends fuel through pipelines. Without power, fuel terminals can't pump gasoline onto tanker trucks, and gas stations can't pump fuel into customers' cars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>A queue of people forms behind a fence as they wait for distribution of food, water, and other supplies intended for residents of the Lower East Side who remain without power due to Superstorm Sandy, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York. In Manhattan, where 226,000 buildings, homes and business remain without power, Consolidated Edison says they should have service restored by Saturday. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>Mohammad Ullah fills up his gypsy cab from a gas container while others wait on a line in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers face another day of lining up for hours at gas stations struggling to stay supplied. Superstorm Sandy damaged ports that accept fuel tankers and flooded underground equipment that sends fuel through pipelines. Without power, fuel terminals can't pump gasoline onto tanker trucks, and gas stations can't pump fuel into customers' cars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>A shopkeeper assists a customer to buy dog food with a flashlight in a darkened Sheen Brothers corner store that remains without power due to Superstorm Sandy, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York. In Manhattan, where 226,000 buildings, homes and business remain without power, Consolidated Edison says they should have service restored by Saturday. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>A young woman helps bag Meals-Ready-to-Eat (MREs) for distribution to the residents of the Lower East Side who remain without power due to Superstorm Sandy, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York. In Manhattan, where 226,000 buildings, homes and business remain without power, Consolidated Edison says they should have service restored by Saturday. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>People line up at a gas station waiting to fill up, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Newark, N.J. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up early Friday for hours at gas stations that were struggling to stay supplied. The power outages and flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy have forced many gas stations to close and disrupted the flow of fuel from refineries to those stations that are open. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Shortly before the gas ran out, customers wait in line at a Hess station where the line of cars snaked 10 blocks, and at least 60 people waited to fill red gas cans for their generators, in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, New York Friday morning, Oct 2, 2012. Courier Winston Alfred said he had been there in his van since 4:20 am, and was second in line, when he was turned away four hours later. (AP Photo/David Caruso)</p><p>Shortly before the gas ran out, customers wait in line at a Hess station where the line of cars snaked 10 blocks, and at least 60 people waited to fill red gas cans for their generators, in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, New York, Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2012. Courier Winston Alfred said he had been there in his van since 4:20 am, and was second in line, when he was turned away four hours later. (AP Photo/David Caruso)</p><p>President Barack Obama visits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for an update on the recovery from Hurricane Sandy that hit the northeast earlier this week, Saturday morning, Nov. 3, 2012, in Washington. He is flanked by FEMA chief Craig Fugate, left, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p><p>President Barack Obama visits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for an update on the recovery from Hurricane Sandy that hit New York and New Jersey especially hard as well as much of the East Coast earlier this week, Saturday morning, Nov. 3, 2012, in Washington. He is joined by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, right, as he displays a photo of an Air Force C-17 transporting utility trucks to aid the devastated areas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p><p>President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for an update on the recovery from Hurricane Sandy that hit the northeast earlier this week, Saturday morning, Nov. 3, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p><p>With the official New York City Marathon cancelled the night before, a team of runners take a break after running the marathon route to the opposite side of the Queensboro Bridge, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 in New York. From left are Fumi Ishigaki; Tomoaki Ishigaki; Jacqueline Mark and Yuki Kaneshige. (AP Photo/Cara Ana)</p><p>Dressed to run, people pose for photos at the finish line for the 2012 New York Marathon, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 in New York’s Central Park. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled the marathon on Friday, Nov. 2, amid rising criticism as he planned to go ahead with the race less than a week after much of New York City was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Cara Ana)</p><p>A worker dismantles sponsorship signs at the Central Park finish line for the now-canceled New York Marathon, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in New York. Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled the race after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race, as the city continues to recover from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>Pallets of food are lined up near what would have been the finish line for the 2012 New York Marathon, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 in New York’s Central Park. The food was intended for the marathon participants after they finished the race. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled the marathon on Friday, Nov. 2, amid rising criticism for planning to go ahead with the race less than a week after much of New York City was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Cara Ana)</p><p>A utility crew works to restore power on Long Beach Island, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, after communities on the island sustained damage from Superstorm Sandy. Frustration is setting in for some New Jersey residents who are still without power and running low on food. Some residents say too much attention is being paid to the Shore and not enough to working people who are hurting. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)</p><p>New Jersey state troopers keep order as motorist line up to purchase gasoline at the Thomas A. Edison service area on the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, near Woodbridge, N.J. From storm-scarred New Jersey to parts of Connecticut, a widespread lack of gasoline added to the frustration since Superstorm Sandy passed through the area. Gas rationing was to starting at noon Saturday in northern New Jersey, where drivers will be allowed to buy it only every other day. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) </p><p>New Jersey state troopers keep order as motorist line up to purchase gasoline at the Thomas A. Edison service area on the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, near Woodbridge, N.J., before a noon switch to a gas rationing system in 12 counties ordered by Gov. Chris Christie. Drivers with license plates ending in an even number will be allowed to buy gas on even-numbered days, and those with plates ending in an odd number can make gas purchases on odd-numbered days. Christie says it will help ease fuel shortages and extended lines for gasoline that have occurred since Superstorm Sandy decimated the coast. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) </p><p>New Jersey state troopers keep order as motorists line up to purchase gasoline at the Thomas A. Edison service area on the New Jersey Turnpike, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, near Woodbridge, N.J. Gas lines were long at some gas stations Saturday morning with motorists trying to make purchases before a noon switch to a gas rationing system ordered by Gov. Chris Christie. Drivers with license plates ending in an even number will be allowed to buy gas on even-numbered days, and those with plates ending in an odd number can make gas purchases on odd-numbered days. Christie says it will help ease fuel shortages and extended lines for gasoline that have occurred since Superstorm Sandy decimated the coast. The order affects Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Monmouth, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) </p><p>New Jersey state troopers keep order as motorists line up to purchase gasoline at the Thomas A. Edison service area on the New Jersey Turnpike, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, near Woodbridge, N.J. Gas lines were long at some gas stations Saturday morning with motorists trying to make purchases before a noon switch to a gas rationing system ordered by Gov. Chris Christie. Drivers with license plates ending in an even number will be allowed to buy gas on even-numbered days, and those with plates ending in an odd number can make gas purchases on odd-numbered days. Christie says it will help ease fuel shortages and extended lines for gasoline that have occurred since Superstorm Sandy decimated the coast. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Volunteers walk toward homes to help residents clean up, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Staten Island, N.Y. A Superstorm Sandy relief fund is being created just for residents of the hard-hit New York City borough. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro say the fund will help residents displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Volunteers Laurie McLoughlin, left, and her sister Caitlin McLaughlin, center, sort through clothing to donate to a resident, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Staten Island, N.Y. A Superstorm Sandy relief fund is being created just for residents of the hard-hit New York City borough. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro say the fund will help residents displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Volunteer Christina Wilson, left, helps clean up the kitchen of the Ventura family, which was flooded during Superstorm Sandy, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Staten Island, N.Y. A Superstorm Sandy relief fund is being created just for residents of the hard-hit New York City borough. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro say the fund will help residents displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>People in cars and on foot line up for free gas in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Trucks provided by the U.S. Department of Defense at the direction of President Barack Obama at this site and others were deployed in coordination with the New York National Guard at the direction of the governor. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>People in cars and on foot line up for free gas in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Trucks provided by the U.S. Department of Defense at the direction of President Barack Obama at this site and others were deployed in coordination with the New York National Guard at the direction of the governor. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>A New Jersey state trooper talks to a motorist at the Thomas A. Edison service area on the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, near Woodbridge, N.J., as troopers keep order while motorist line up to purchase gasoline. From storm-scarred New Jersey to parts of Connecticut, a widespread lack of gasoline added to the frustration since Superstorm Sandy passed through the area. Gas rationing was to starting at noon Saturday in northern New Jersey, where drivers will be allowed to buy it only every other day. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) </p><p>People with containers line up for free gas in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Trucks provided by the U.S. Department of Defense at the direction of President Barack Obama at this site and others were deployed in coordination with the New York National Guard at the direction of the governor. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Rockaways resident Catherine Yeager, left, talks with fellow resident Linda Allen, who has been living without heat, power, gas, or fresh food all week, after Yeager provided free bagels, a free flashlight and batteries from Yeager, who together with three neighborhood friends set up a donation point outside a small juice bar along a road near the Atlantic Ocean, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in New York. The Rockaways was hard hit by Superstorm Sandy earlier in the week and still has no power. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)</p><p>Volunteer Mike Giuliano, left, carries a bag of clothing to be donated to residents affected by Superstorm Sandy, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Staten Island, N.Y. A Superstorm Sandy relief fund is being created just for residents of the hard-hit New York City borough. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro say the fund will help residents displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Vanessa Ventura tears up as she talks about the damage caused to her home, which was flooded during Superstorm Sandy, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Staten Island, N.Y. A Superstorm Sandy relief fund is being created just for residents of the hard-hit New York City borough. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro say the fund will help residents displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)</p><p>Garbage lies piled on the street in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>Maryann Eger cries during Mass in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, as the region copes in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)</p><p>A woman scavenges a sack of onions discarded by a Coney Island supermarket in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 in New York. Many people in Coney Island are still living without heat, and some without electricity, six days after Sandy struck the region. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Volunteer Jamie d'Amico, 25, of Fort Lee, helps sort through donations at Hoboken High School as surrounding neighborhoods remain without power due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Hoboken, New Jersey. About 1 million homes and businesses across New Jersey are still without electricity due to Superstorm Sandy on Sunday, and officials say many of those customers may not have service restored until Wednesday. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>A volunteer at Hoboken High School passes a wall of Meals Ready-to-Eat (MREs) intended for distribution to the public, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Hoboken, New Jersey. About 1 million homes and businesses across New Jersey are still without electricity due to Superstorm Sandy on Sunday, and officials say many of those customers may not have service restored until Wednesday. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>Runners board the Staten Island Ferry in New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. With the cancellation of the New York Marathon, hundreds of runners, wearing their marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies, took the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to neighborhoods hard hit by Superstorm Sandy to help. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>First responders who worked through last Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy, listen as they are acknowledged by Diocese of Trenton American Roman Catholic Bishop David M. O'Connell during services at the Church of Saint Rose in Belmar, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Workers scrape up mud and tiles from flood-damaged Saint Rose High School in Belmar, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, as the region tries clean up the damage from Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p><p>Worshippers listen to a service by Diocese of Trenton American Roman Catholic Bishop David M. O'Connell at the Church of Saint Rose in Belmar, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Many in the region who went through Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy are still without power. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14757382-mammoth-storm-sandy-plunges-nyc-into-darknesshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14757382-mammoth-storm-sandy-plunges-nyc-into-darknessusnycnew-yorkunited-statesnew-yorkersnew-york-cityeast-coastnew-york-universityus-newsmetropolitan-transportation-authoritynew-york-harborandrew-cuomonew-york-mayor-michael-bloombergsuperstormhurricane-irenehurricane-sandysuperstorm-sandydefiant-new-yorkersSun, 28 Oct 2012 14:16:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers cover an entrance to the Canal Street A, C, and E station with plywood to help prevent flooding, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in New York. As Hurricane Sandy approaches the New York region, residents of some flood-prone areas have been told to evacuate and officials are preparing for a possible transit system shutdown. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>A technician with the Battery Conservancy removes below-ground fountain operation equipment near the water's edge at Battery Park in New York, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Areas in the Northeast are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>A maintenance worker named Vitto attaches plywood to a sidewalk grate at the 2 Broadway building of Lower Manhattan in New York, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as a child walking by takes advantage of the temporary structure. Areas along the Northeast Coast are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>A sign informs subway riders of changes in service in the hours before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in New York Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Areas in the Northeast Region prepared Sunday for the arrival of the hurricane and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Passengers and their pets depart one of the last ferries from the Fire Island communities in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, Sunday, Oct., 28, 2012, in Bay Shore, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>Passengers depart one of the last ferries from the Fire Island communities in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, Sunday, Oct., 28, 2012, in Bay Shore, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)</p><p>In this photo provided by the governor's office, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives a storm updtate on the advancing Hurricane Sandy at the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Bethpage, N.Y. New York City's subways, buses and commuter trains, which make up the nation's largest transit system, are shutting down Sunday night in advance of the massive storm expected to hit the eastern third of the United States. (AP Photo/Office of NY Gov. Cuomo, Darren McGee)</p><p>In this photo provided by the governor's office, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, is flaked by, from left, MTA Chairman, Joseph Lhota; Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano; Cuomo; Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, and Director of Operations for New York State Howard Glaser, far right, as they give a storm updtate on the advancing Hurricane Sandy at the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Bethpage, N.Y. New York City's subways, buses and commuter trains, which make up the nation's largest transit system, are shutting down Sunday night in advance of the massive storm expected to hit the eastern third of the United States. (AP Photo/Office of NY Gov. Cuomo, Darren McGee)</p><p>New York mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks about measures the city is taking in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy at a news conference in New York, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Areas along the Northeast Coast prepared for the arrival of the hurricane and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>A maintenance worker named Vitto attaches plywood to a sidewalk grate at the 2 Broadway building of Lower Manhattan in New York, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as a child walks along the temporary structure. Areas along the Northeast Coast are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Gozde Guldosuren stocks up on bread at a Manhattan grocery store, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)</p><p>Customers shop for food at a Supermarket in Manhattan, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)</p><p>The facade of Nathan's Famous delicatessen glows against a cloudy sky near the Coney Island boardwalk in the Brooklyn borough of New York Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as the outer bands of Hurricane Sandy spread over the Northeast Coast. Coney Island and other New York City neighborhoods were under a mandatory evacuation order as the city braced for the arrival of the hurricane and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Waves wash over the seawall near high tide at Battery Park in New York, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Waves crash over the bow of a tug boat as it passes near the Statue of Liberty in New York Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 as rough water as the result of Hurricane Sandy churned the waters of New York Harbor. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>The floor of the New York Stock Exchange is empty of traders, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. All major U.S. stock and options exchanges will remain closed Monday with Hurricane Sandy nearing landfall on the East Coast. Trading has rarely stopped for weather. A blizzard led to a late start and an early close on Jan. 8, 1996, according to the exchange's parent company, NYSE Euronext. The NYSE shut down on Sept. 27, 1985 for Hurricane Gloria. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>Cars navigate flooded streets Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Seaford, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)</p><p>Water from Hurricane Sandy floods streets Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Seaford, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)</p><p>The Hudson River swells and rises over the banks of the Hoboken, N.J., waterfront as Hurricane Sandy approaches on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)</p><p>People brave high winds and blowing sand as they watch the rising surf at Coney Island Beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York as Hurricane Sandy arrives, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>Water floods a street as people prepare their homes for an oncoming storm Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Seaford, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Water from Hurricane Sandy floods streets Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Seaford, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>People brave high winds and blowing sand as they walk on Coney Island beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York as Hurricane Sandy arrives, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 shows Hurricane Sandy off the Mid Atlantic coastline moving toward the north with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. Hurricane Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared Monday, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore towns, washing away a section of the Atlantic City Boardwalk, and threatening to cripple Wall Street and New York's subway system with a huge surge of corrosive seawater. (AP Photo/NOAA)</p><p>Sailboats rock in choppy water at a dock along the Hudson River Greenway during a storm, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing for higher ground, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Furticella)</p><p>A man crosses the street in front of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. There had been plans to allow electronic trading to go forward on the New York Stock Exchange but with a storm surge expected to cover parts of lower Manhattan in water, officials decided late Sunday that it was too risky to ask any personnel to staff the exchanges. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)</p><p>The number 1 subway train station is blocked by sandbags at Battery Park in New York Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in preparation for a possible storm surge as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)</p><p>Sailboats rock in choppy water at a dock along the Hudson River Greenway during a storm, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing for higher ground, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Furticella)</p><p>A construction crane atop a luxury high-rise dangles precariously over the streets after collapsing in high winds from Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>People brave high winds and blowing sand as they watch the rising surf at Coney Island Beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York as Hurricane Sandy arrives, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)</p><p>The facade of a four-story building on 14th Street and 8th Avenue collapsed onto the sidewalk as FDNY firefighters respond, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain and a surging wall of water up to 11 feet tall. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>Sailboats rock in choppy water at a dock along the Hudson River Greenway during a storm, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing for higher ground, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Furticella)</p><p>The facade of a four-story building on 14th Street and 8th Avenue collapsed onto the sidewalk as FDNY firefighters respond, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p><p>Lower Manhattan goes dark during hurricane Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from Brooklyn, N.Y. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>ADDS INFORMATION ON BUILDINGS AND LOCATION - Lower Manhattan goes dark during superstorm Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from the Brooklyn Heights promenade in the Brooklyn borough of New York. One World Trade Center, background center, remains brightly lit. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)</p><p>Vehicles are submerged during a storm surge near the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Superstorm Sandy zeroed in on New York's waterfront with fierce rain and winds that shuttered most of the nation's largest city Monday, darkened the financial district and left a huge crane hanging off a luxury high-rise. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)</p><p>The New York skyline remains dark Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from the Williamsburg neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In an attempt to lessen damage from saltwater to the subway system and the electrical network beneath the city's financial district, New York City's main utility cut power to about 6,500 customers in lower Manhattan. But a far wider swath of the city was hit with blackouts caused by flooding and transformer explosions. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p><p>Vehicles are submerged during a storm surge near the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Superstorm Sandy zeroed in on New York's waterfront with fierce rain and winds that shuttered most of the nation's largest city Monday, darkened the financial district and left a huge crane hanging off a luxury high-rise. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14125794-nyc-ferris-wheel-project-has-big-backershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/27/14125794-nyc-ferris-wheel-project-has-big-backersusnew-yorkersbig-appleus-newsgiantwheelferris-wheelgiant-ferris-wheelThu, 27 Sep 2012 17:15:37 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this image released by the New York Mayor's Office, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 is an artist's rendering of a proposed 625-foot Ferris wheel, billed as the world's largest, planned as part of a retail and hotel complex along the Staten Island waterfront in New York. The attraction, called the New York Wheel, will cost $230 million. Officials say the observation wheel will be higher than the Singapore Flyer, the London Eye, and a "High Roller" wheel planned in Las Vegas. Beyond the wheel is the Manhattan skyline. (AP Photo/Office of the Mayor of New York) </p><p>In this image released by the New York Mayor's Office, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 is an artist's rendering of a proposed 625-foot Ferris wheel, billed as the world's largest, planned as part of a retail and hotel complex along the Staten Island waterfront in New York. The attraction, called the New York Wheel, will cost $230 million. Officials say the observation wheel will be higher than the Singapore Flyer, the London Eye, and a "High Roller" wheel planned in Las Vegas. Beyond the wheel is the Manhattan skyline. On the lower right is the Richmond County Bank Ballpark, home of the Staten Island Yankees. (AP Photo/Office of the Mayor of New York) </p><p>Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stand next to an artist rendering of a proposed Ferris wheel during a news conference on the Staten Island borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The proposed 625-foot Ferris wheel, billed as the world's largest, planned as part of a retail and hotel complex along the Staten Island waterfront in New York. The attraction, called the New York Wheel, will cost $230 million. Officials say the observation wheel will be higher than the Singapore Flyer, the London Eye, and a "High Roller" wheel planned in Las Vegas. Beyond the wheel is the Manhattan skyline.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p>