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In New York with no race to run
Adam Frye got the news as he was headed toward the Javits Center on Friday to pick up his packet of material for the New York City Marathon. The race ...
Battered by storm, Staten Islanders feel forgotten
Gazing at her bungalow, swept from its foundation and tossed across the street, Janice Clarkin wondered if help would ever come to this battered ...
NYC Marathon off, Wade donates to relief effort
The New York City Marathon is off, and a marathon ride into the city prompted Dwyane Wade to help those still dealing with the horrendous aftermath ...
When working from home goes wrong
Nearly every office dweller fantasizes about the joys of working from home: Dressing in PJs instead of suits. Eating from the fridge and not the ...
Bloomberg faces outcry over Sunday's NYC Marathon
With people in storm-ravaged areas still shivering without electricity and the death toll in New York City at more than 40, many New Yorkers recoiled ...
Mayor defends move to hold marathon, tempers boil
The Manhattan skyline was expected to be mostly lit for the first time in five days Friday night, a sign of progress undercut by long gas lines and ...
Lines at East Coast gas stations steam commuters
Cabdriver Harum Prince joined a nearly mile-long line for gasoline early Friday in Manhattan after already spending three hours in a similar queue in ...
Tired of dark, Sandy victims head to loved ones
Jill Meltz lives in an Upper West Side high-rise — just a one-bedroom, but far from the havoc wreaked by Superstorm Sandy in lower Manhattan. And she ...
Mayor says NYC Marathon won't divert resources
The blue and orange finish line is in place in Central Park, no superstorm debris in sight. Little else is normal with the New York City Marathon.
Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC
Frustration — and in some cases fear — mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Superstorm Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at ...
Flying gets easier but travel woes still persist
Planes are getting up to speed faster than trains and automobiles in the storm-stricken Northeast. All the region's major airports were open once New ...
Storm-crippled NYC subway creaks back into service
Subways started running again in much of New York City on Thursday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy, but traffic at bridges backed up for ...
Experts: NYC sea barrier could have stopped surge
The vast destruction wreaked by the storm surge in New York could have been prevented with a sea barrier of the type that protects major cities in ...
Broadway lights go up in post-Sandy NYC
The lights went up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, as entertainers headed back to work in a city ...
Mayor says NYC Marathon to go on in wake of Sandy
Inspiring or inappropriate? New Yorkers and runners from around the world debated whether a marathon should be run with disaster for a backdrop.
New York struggles back 2 days after killer storm
Flights resumed, but slowly. The New York Stock Exchange got back to business, but on generator power. And with the subways still down, great numbers ...
New Yorkers search for food, water and electricity
The people gathered around the side of a building on Third Avenue looked like refugees huddled around a campfire. But instead of crackling flames, ...
Big Apple improvises to reopen for business
Two days after Superstorm Sandy brought business in New York City to a standstill, stores that lost power are again serving customers, albeit by ...
US stock market reopens after a two-day shutdown
Wall Street is back in business. Traffic is snarled, streets flooded, subways idle and power out in many parts of Manhattan and beyond, but the New ...
Another Superstorm casualty: Trick-or-treating
Seventh-grader Samantha Bertolino was especially proud of her Halloween costume this year. She was going to be a vampire, and she really had it ...
Guard delivers food, water to flooded NJ city
National Guard troops delivered food and water to residents in this heavily flooded city across from Manhattan on Wednesday as officials sent out a ...
Airports and stock exchange reopen; NJ devastated
Two major airports reopened and the New York Stock Exchange got back to business Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen ...
NYC utility prepped for big storm, got bigger one
They planned big for Superstorm Sandy, but not big enough. Consolidated Edison figured any surge would not surpass the 11-foot record set nearly two ...
A slowed, darkened NYC begins to stir to life
Two days after superstorm Sandy brought New York to a standstill, residents itching to get back to work and their old lives noticed small signs that ...