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New York Subway Rolls Again, Eases Commute Misery

Commuters line up hour before system opens

(Newser) - The majority of New York's subway rolled back into action today—and commuters can ride it, along with commuter trains and buses, for free, thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's declaration of a transportation emergency, the New York Post reports. But it's not yet smooth commuting:
  • Subways weren'
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You'll Need 2 Passengers to Drive Into Manhattan

Unless you take the George Washington Bridge

(Newser) - Cars heading into Manhattan must have at least three people inside for the next few days, although vehicles on the George Washington Bridge are exempt. The rule, intended to cut down on post-Sandy gridlock, starts this evening and applies to the four bridges over the East River, the Henry Hudson...

Cuomo: Subway, Rail Resuming
 Cuomo: Subway, Rail Resuming 
Oct 31, 2012 11:56 AM CDT

Cuomo: Subway, Rail Resuming

LIRR goes back online this afternoon, limited subway tomorrow

(Newser) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says limited subway service will resume in New York City tomorrow. Cuomo also says that limited commuter rail service on the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North railroad will resume at 2pm today, and that subway service will be supplemented with buses between Manhattan...

Sandy Fallout: Christie Looks to Reschedule Halloween
 Chris Christie 
 Cancels Halloween 
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Oct 31, 2012 11:12 AM CDT

Chris Christie Cancels Halloween

Trick-or-treating canceled in many places, retail will take hit

(Newser) - Now that the worst of Hurricane Sandy is over, we can focus on some important questions like … what happens to Halloween? Don’t worry, Chris Christie is on it: He has now officially postponed Halloween until Monday, citing safety reasons, NJ 101.5 reports. “I can’t imagine...

East Coast Picks Up the Pieces
 East Coast Picks Up the Pieces 
Oct 31, 2012 7:52 AM CDT

East Coast Picks Up the Pieces

A look at how the recovery effort is progressing

(Newser) - Hurricane Sandy's fingerprints are still all over the Northeastern US—particularly in New York and New Jersey—but the region began slowly churning back to life today. Here's the latest on the recovery:
  • New York City's subway is still waterlogged, but buses are expected to be out
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Political Consultant Behind Fake Sandy Tweets

His false information made it into news broadcasts

(Newser) - A Twitter user who spread false information as superstorm Sandy battered New York City has been unmasked by BuzzFeed as the campaign manager for Christopher Wright, the Republican House candidate from New York's 12th congressional district. Among the rumors started by hedge fund manager Shashank Tripathi, using the name...

Sandy Death Toll Hits 26; State-By-State Updates

With a lion's share of casualties in New York

(Newser) - The East Coast is picking up the pieces and searching for bodies in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, even as states further inland brace for impact. The total US death toll is up to at least 26, according to CNN , including at least 10 in New York City alone, and...

Obama Declares Major Disaster Area as Sandy Kills 16

More misery ahead as superstorm heads west

(Newser) - Superstorm Sandy is slowly moving inland, leaving a trail of devastation across the Northeast even as President Obama quickly declared major disaster areas in New York and New Jersey. The storm has killed at least 16 people in seven states, adding to the 69 people it killed in the Caribbean....

NYC's Subway Could Take Days to Drain

Then come the repairs

(Newser) - Officials don't know when the New York City subway could reopen after flooding "pretty much throughout the entire area," according to an MTA spokesman. Lower Manhattan has been hardest-hit, he says. It could take just 14 hours to pump out the water—or it could take four...

Letterman, Fallon Shows Go on ... Minus Audiences

Storm halts Broadway, film productions

(Newser) - David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon didn't let superstorm Sandy stop them taping their shows yesterday, but there was nobody except crew members around to laugh, Entertainment Weekly reports. Letterman started his show sitting behind his desk in an empty Ed Sullivan Theater while Fallon started his show in the...

Hundreds Evacuated From NYC Hospital

Backup generator fails at NYU Tisch

(Newser) - As superstorm Sandy lashed New York City, a New York University hospital had to move out more than 200 patients after its backup generator failed when the power was knocked out. Dozens of ambulances lined up outside NYU Tisch Hospital last night as doctors and nurses began the slow process...

Lights Out Across Manhattan
 Lights Out Across Manhattan 
Oct 29, 2012 9:05 PM CDT

Lights Out Across Manhattan

Con Ed cuts power for safety reasons

(Newser) - Large swaths of Manhattan and Brooklyn went dark tonight because of Sandy, reports DNA Info . Con Ed deliberately shut down power stations to prevent damage from flooding, including one that services the area of the New York Stock Exchange. The AP says more than 250,000 in Manhattan alone lost...

Sandy Wreaks Havoc All Along Coast

Cars underwater in Atlantic City

(Newser) - Superstorm Sandy is battering coastal communities tonight with storm surges, downpours, and high winds, causing power outages and evacuation orders from Vermont to Virginia. No longer officially a hurricane, Sandy is starting to merge with two cold fronts, becoming bigger and messier but slightly weaker, sustaining winds of 85mph, according...

Sandy's High Winds Leave Crane Dangling

Inspectors arrive at luxury NYC high-rise

(Newser) - A construction crane atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan collapsed in high winds today and dangled precariously, prompting plans for engineers and inspectors to climb 74 flights of stairs to examine it as a huge storm bore down on the city. The harrowing inspection task was...

Nanny in Stabbing Case Awake, Talking

But Yoselyn Ortega not talking about the murders

(Newser) - The nanny who allegedly murdered two of the children in her care is awake and talking, the New York Post reports. Yoselyn Ortega already has a lawyer and won’t answer investigators’ questions about the deaths of Lucia Krim, 6, and brother Leo, 2, one source says. But she did...

Hundreds of Thousands Told to Evacuate

New York, Delaware, NJ, and Connecticut make it mandatory

(Newser) - With Hurricane Sandy headed their way, state and local officials along the East Coast have told hundreds of thousands of people to flee low-lying areas, NBC News reports. Among those given mandatory evacuation orders:
  • 375,000 New Yorkers, including about 45,000 in public housing—where elevator services, hot water,
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NYC Shuts Transit Ahead of Sandy

MTA closing down at 7pm tonight as storm approaches

(Newser) - New York City will indeed shut its bus, subway, and commuter rail services in advance of Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today. Subways and trains will be suspended starting at 7pm today, with the last buses running at 9pm. He said the decision to shut down the area's...

Nanny Was 'Unraveling' in Recent Months

Friends, family says she was on a downward spiral before killings

(Newser) - The 50-year-old nanny accused of fatally stabbing two young siblings in her care had been on a downward spiral in recent months, losing weight, worried about money, and growing increasingly withdrawn, according to accounts by friends and family to the media. But Yoselyn Ortega, who remains in an induced coma...

Cops: Nanny Stabs 2 Young Kids to Death in NYC

She then turns knife on herself

(Newser) - New York City cops are trying to piece together a horrific double-murder today: Police say a mother returned to her Upper West Side apartment to discover that two of her young children had been fatally stabbed in the bathtub by their nanny, report DNA Info and the Daily News . Most...

Hurricane Sandy Hits Cuba as US Braces for 'Frankenstorm'

President Obama briefed as experts predict Irene-level damage

(Newser) - Hurricane Sandy roared across the Caribbean today, dropping heavy rains, ripping the roofs off homes, and killing two people, the AP reports. The storm had a stunning growth spurt overnight, according to the Washington Post , becoming a category 2 hurricane, and a Cuban meteorologist says it "crossed the...

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