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NYC Schools Will Be Closed Thursday and Friday
(Photo: Getty) At a press conference earlier today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced public schools will continue be closed on Thursday and Friday, but will "hopefully" be open again on Monday of next...
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Tomorrow, LaGuardia Airport Joins JFK in Reopening
(Photo: Wikimedia) When Hurricane Sandy overwhelmed New York City, the airport infrastructure naturally shut down along with everything else. As with the subway and bridge systems, however, it seems...
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All Hands on Deck At The New York Times
Storm reporting mobilized newsrooms across the city, and apparently, The >New York Times was no exception. "City Struggling For Footing, Some Transit Restored", the Times article by James Barron...
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A Sandy Silver Lining: Relief For Low-Income Renters and Foreclosure...
Returning home will take time. (Sandrarose.com) While many New Yorkers are beginning to return to some semblance of their pre-Sandy routines, the scores of residents who remain displaced in the days to...
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Manhattan As Ghost Town
No lights, no glow. (Ian Lamb) The Williamsburg Bridge. Well, half of it. (Ian Lamb) With these pics from last night, there's not much to say (and it seems like there will be pretty much the same story...
View ArticlePhotos: Sandy’s Aftermath in Coney Island
Coney Island, including its iconic amusement park and boardwalk, was hit incredibly hard by Hurricane Sandy along with the rest of Brooklyn’s southern coast. Politicker ventured into the area today, a...
View ArticleChristine Quinn Has Harsh Words For Storm Looters
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, there have been mounting reports and rumors of people taking advantage of the chaos and power outages created by the storm to loot abandoned buildings. City Council...
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Buses, Trains and Subways Will Be Free Thursday and Friday
Click to view the subway map in full. (Photo: MTA) At a press conference late in the night, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced New Yorkers in the metropolitan area will have their public transit fares...
View ArticleSadness and Devastation in Sea Gate
Angelo Deangelis has lived in Sea Gate, a gated beachside community on the southwestern tip of Brooklyn, with his family for 31 years since immigrating to the United States from Italy. On Monday night,...
View ArticleWhite House Surprised by Bloomberg’s Obama Endorsement
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney talked to reporters about Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s endorsement of President Barack Obama before Air Force One landed in Las Vegas this afternoon. However, Mr....
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo Declares New York’s Greatest Strength Also Its Greatest Weakness
Standing at the mouth of the Hugh L. Carey/Brooklyn Batter Tunnel in Lower Manhattan earlier this afternoon, following a tour of the flooding within, Governor Andrew Cuomo gave yet another one of his...
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Bill Gross’s Flavor Flav Note Is the New Most Bizarre Hip-Hop Reference on...
As seen in a research note from Bill Gross yesterday. The Observer was befuddled if ultimately amused when Carson Block, the noted short-seller of Chinese companies, invoked Mannie Fresh in his take...
View ArticleGovernor: Utilities Could Lose License if Electricity Isn’t Quickly Restored
At a press conference this evening, Governor Andrew Cuomo upped the ante on power companies as millions of residents in the New York metropolitan area remain without power after Hurricane Sandy left...
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Public Editor Margaret Sullivan Takes Nate Silver to Task
Margaret Sullivan, The New York Times public editor, is not amused by golden boy statistician, Nate Silver's latest antics. This afternoon, the FiveThirtyEight blogger and Timeswriter challenged...
View ArticleDespite Endorsement, Obama Won’t Be Getting Bloomberg Bucks
Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a splash by endorsing President Barack Obama this afternoon, however the billionaire’s backing won’t come with any campaign cash from the mayor’s new super PAC. Sources...
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Real Estate Scion Billy Macklowe Gets Back to Business With Fifth Avenue Buy
A personal real estate investment. What better way to pass these strange, disordered days after Hurricane Sandy than by inking the contract for a $27.5 million apartment on the Upper East Side? Harry...
View ArticleTwo More Subways Return, But Even More Could Run If We Only Had Power Downtown
The good news is, the subways are coming back to live with remarkable resilience. The bad news is even more would be running if there were power in Lower Manhattan. Following a briefing with Governor...
View ArticleChelsea Galleries Begin Recovery Work
The northwestern edge of the blackout in Lower Manhattan right now is West 30th Street, right where the Chelsea gallery district begins. To the north, business hums along as usual. To the south, police...
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Why Isn’t the G Train Running? [Updated]
Down and out of service. (lesterhead/Flickr) Update 11/1 8:09: We finally sort of found out how it is the G train flooded even though it does not go under the East River. Currently, the section of the...
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Risk Experts Say It’s Not Climate Change, It’s Coastal Communities, Stupid
Sandy. It's been a common reaction in the days after the hurricane, or post-tropical storm, or whatever we're calling the 1,000 mile-wide wall of wind and rain that blasted the Northeast on Monday, to...
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