Tag: Hurricane Sandy
Due to ongoing repair work, the A and C trains will be rerouted over the F line between Jay Street-Metrotech and West 4th Street for 40 nonconsecutive weekends over the next 16 months, the Daily News reports. Guhhhhhhh. The Cranberry Tube, the tunnel under the East River that carries the A and C trains, was […]
Earlier this week, City Hall laid out a number of measures to protect areas of the city prone to flooding in response to the shocking climate change report by the NYPCC. As Arch Daily reports, a project dubbed “The Dry Line” may be an important part of this resiliency plan. The Dry Line is a […]
Acting Supreme Court Justice Michael Gary has cleared a man accused of firing a gun into a crowd despite the testimony of four police officers. The New York Daily News reports: In a non-jury trial this month, officers from four different commands — including a lieutenant and an Internal Affairs captain — all testified they […]
FEMA, the government agency responsible for disaster relief, wants a refund from a number of senior citizens in Queens for the money that was provided in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. At least a dozen residents at Belle Harbor Manor, an assisted living facility, spent four months in emergency shelters after the destruction wrought by Sandy. They say that aid […]
New York City’s resilience during Hurricane Sandy wasn’t just a mood that spread across the city — it was a measurable, chartable phenomenon. Researchers noticed that despite the mass chaos that resulted from Manhattan’s partial several-day blackout, taxi drivers were relatively adept at navigating the city. Charting the paths of New York City’s taxis during […]
Today marks the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, the category 1 storm that walloped New York City on October 29, 2012, transforming sections of the most advanced metropolis on the planet into a semi-third world country and causing lots of headaches. There were blackouts, gas shortages, ruined homes, shuttered schools, garbage pile-ups, otherwordly sand mounds, […]
On the one hand, good on Nelson Saiers, the New Jersey hedge fund manager who says he’ll donate $100,000 to victims of Hurricane Sandy if Banksy paints a piece (on a legal wall) that raises awareness about the storm. From HeyBanksy.com, where Saiers is attempting to reach out to the artist: Hey Banksy, The rumor is […]
The city says it will no longer shell out cash for a program that houses people displaced by Superstorm Sandy in hotels. FEMA has been reimbursing NYC for the emergency housing measure, but the federal agency is cutting off aid at the end of the month, which is expected to affect about 350 people. City […]
A visit to the luxury offers website Gilt City turns up deals for a spa in midtown, tickets to a “culinary conference,” pilates classes, and… a guided tour of the Rockaways’ fancy new post-Sandy lifeguard stands. The tour, part of a monthlong architecture celebration called Archtober, the will take place on October 29, which is, […]
At around noon today, a group of protesters associated with Occupy Sandy arrived at the Women’s National Republican Club on West 51st Street, just in time for a fundraiser ostensibly to benefit the likely presidential campaign of Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). Bags of garbage slung conspicuously over their backs, clad in yellow and red trash-collectors’ […]
