By amol on November 6, 2012
Although the city’s subways are almost entirely back up and running and most New Yorkers have returned to their regular daily commutes, thousands of people who rely heavily on the L and G trains are still stranded without service in the wake of hurricane Sandy. Frustration among riders who live along those subway lines has [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
Last week, Hurricane Sandy whacked The Noguchi Museum, located near the East River in Long Island City. Nevertheless, Director Jenny Dixon has just informed that staffers and volunteers – small in number, but huge in spirit – are working as hard as possible so Noguchi can re-open to the general public on Nov. 10. The [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
The New York attorney general’s office is looking into whether gasoline offered through the Craigslist website for as much as $8 a gallon is legal as motorists cope with retail shortages after Hurricane Sandy. The price for fuel in New York City and Long Island by some individual sellers on Craigslist, the online-classified ad site, [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
Last night, ESPN The Magazine‘s Chris Jones wrote a column arguing that this past weekend’s New York City Marathon should not have been canceled, despite the fallout from Hurricane Sandy. There were three basic points: first, that the marathon would have been good for runners—and the world that was watching, Jones claimed in a Twitter [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
Would they let this guy fuel up in this shortage. Or run a marathon after flying in from Australia… Oh wait.
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By amol on November 6, 2012
After being displaced from the Borden Avenue shelter in Long Island City due to Hurricane Sandy, 120 homeless male veterans will be relocated to an unfinished building in Carroll Gardens, according to Community Board 6. The Department of Homeless Services is working to have the veterans moved into the space—the rundown building located at 165 West [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
Walk-ups at a Hess gas station in Copiague Saturday, Nov. 3 filled cans and containers of all shapes and dimensions with fuel for their cars and generators, including buckets, water jugs and antifreeze bottles. (Christopher Twarowski/Long Island Press) At the Dunkin Donuts on Pulaski Road in Kings Park, where many are still without lights, the [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) — The New York attorney general’s office is looking into whether gasoline offered through the Craigslist website for as much as $8 a gallon is legal as motorists cope with retail shortages after Hurricane Sandy. The price for fuel available in New York City and Long Island by some individual sellers on [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
Federal and state officials are making urgent moves to ease long lines and short tempers at gas stations throughout Queens and the rest of the city. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week that the Port of New York has reopened for fuel shipments. Cuomo has also waived registration fees and tax requirements for fuel tankers [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
QUEENS — As schools reopened across western Queens, P.S. 78 in Long Island City stayed dark. The ground floor of P.S. 78, which is located in the CityLights Building in Hunters Point, was deluged by flood water during Hurricane Sandy. As of Monday, the work had not yet been completed, officials said. “Although our goal [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
Click here http://gis.nyc.gov/vote/ps/index.htm
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By amol on November 6, 2012
The Long Island City facility of Gloria Velandia Art Conservation has seen a steady arrival of damaged artworks ever since Hurricane Sandy flooded Chelsea’s art district in New York. Casualties included pieces by Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Lucio Fontana and Joel Shapiro, according to Chief Financial Officer Steve Ludmer, whose company lists on its website [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
NEW YORK November 3, 2012, 06:11 pm ET NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a question that’s rankled and bewildered many in the Northeast: Why do some areas struck by Superstorm Sandy have plenty of gasoline and others still don’t? It turns out we need electricity to drive. Even if we’re driving cars that run on [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Help is on the way for hungry hurricane victims. More than 1.1 million pounds of food will pour into Staten Island and other areas of New York devastated by Hurricane Sandy after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved the state’s request for emergency food resources. The food will be [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
People look at homes and businesses destroyed by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30 in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images) Story Highlights New storm threatens recovery efforts in New York and New Jersey About 1.4 million still without power N.Y. Gov. Cuomo relaxes voting requirements [...]
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By amol on November 6, 2012
Like plenty of fellow Northeast business owners, Joel Berger is still dealing with a slew of Sandy-related hassles, including cleaning up one of his flooded warehouses in Long Island City, Queens, near the Midtown Tunnel. The water, which reached about two feet up the walls, ruined “tens of thousands” of dollars worth of checker sets, [...]
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