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NEW YORK CITY — Hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for the evacuation of coastal and low-lying areas ahead of Hurricane Sandy, residents of those areas were divided about whether they should leave. Buses to help Battery Park City residents relocate where largely empty Sunday afternoon, and it wasn’t until later in the day that […]

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 10–> NEW YORK (AP) — After days of seeming to take a looming superstorm in stride, New Yorkers scrambled to gather supplies and get out of the way as forecasters warned that a wall of water could hit the nation’s largest city. Facing a seawater surge of anywhere from 6 to 11 […]

Hurricane Sandy is about to hit the Big Apple, which means there’s a good chance you’re not going to work today — which is incredibly unfortunate for the blogosphere considering its existence relies almost entirely on people fucking off at work. I’m not going to work today, either — I’m gonna be holed up in […]

From left to right, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx), Michelle Anderson,… IRVING DEJOHN Monday, October 22, 2012 The state’s top judge has delivered his ruling: CUNY School of Law’s new location in Queens is a boon for the judicial system. New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman christened the public service law school’s move on Monday […]

October 29, 2012 12:42 PM Big Cities In East Coast US Prepare For Hurricane Sandy By Nani Rahayu Yusof NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Bernama) — Big cities from Washington to Boston buttoned up on Sunday against the onslaught of a superstorm that could affect some 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in […]

MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the evacuation of certain neighborhoods in the city Sunday as Hurricane Sandy threatened to hit the city with dangerous wind, rain and storm surge.  Coastal neighborhoods around the city will see water surges of 6 to 11 feet, the mayor said, with the worst peaking Monday evening. “This evacuation […]

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Toronto: Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was Friday taken off a US-bound flight at Toronto airport for questioning, a media report said. Khan had boarded an American Airlines plane from Toronto to New York to speak at a fundraising dinner in Long Island City, the Toronto Sun reported. The cricketer-turned-politician had earlier given a politically-charged speech […]

Tasting Table Monthly Bites: October This article comes to us courtesy of Tasting Table New York. Each month, HuffPost NYC joins TastingTable.com’s New York editor, Tressa Eaton, to highlight our five favorite finds from the city’s amazing culinary scene. Here’s what caught our eye in October: “; var coords = [-5, -72]; // display fb-bubble […]

QUEENS — Zombies are taking over Long Island City this weekend. The neighborhood will host a number of Halloween events this Saturday, including a zombie march and a beer garden that will be transformed into a “fear” garden. The zombie march will take place around 5Pointz, a graffiti mecca on Davis Street. The event will […]