NYPD Helicopter Rescues Storm Victims From Staten Island Rooftops
Members of the NYPD's Aviation and Scuba team rescued six people Tuesday who were trapped in their homes from rising flood waters on Staten Island.
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Members of the NYPD's Aviation and Scuba team rescued six people Tuesday who were trapped in their homes from rising flood waters on Staten Island.
The popular Tony's Pier Restaurant on City Island in the Bronx was in ruins Tuesday, following a fire that struck in the midst of Superstorm Sandy.
The megastorm Sandy caused 13-foot storm surges in the city. The storm also downed trees and knocked out power to thousands.
Officer Artur Kasprzak, 28, died Monday night in the basement of his home on Doty Avenue on Staten Island.
Nassau County executive Edward Mangano on Tuesday evening ordered some residents to conserve water, as a major sewage facility for the Long Island county has been shut down following Superstorm Sandy.
More than 4 million customers served by Con Edison, LIPA, PSEG, JCP&L, Connecticut Light and Power, Orange & Rockland, and NYSEG were without power as of late Tuesday night.
Long Island was a disaster area Tuesday night, after Superstorm Sandy uprooted trees and blew them over like matchsticks, and at one point cut power to 90 percent of LIPA customers without power.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he never thought he would see such destruction, after he took a helicopter tour of the wreckage wrought by Superstorm Sandy on the Jersey Shore.
New Jersey officials said the Hudson River ferry service will resume at 7 a.m. Wednesday. NJ TRANSIT is also planning to resume bus service in Camden.
Columbia University was set to resume classes on Wednesday, but classes at New York University will be canceled for the rest of the week following Superstorm Sandy.
The governor said Superstorm Sandy is over and the state has now begun the process of assessing damage and getting lives back to normal.
For Tuesday and Wednesday, all bus rides are free. Tuesday night, buses were operating on a limited Sunday schedule.
As a result of Superstorm Sandy, many Halloween traditions in the Tri-State area will either not happen at all or be rescheduled.
Rutgers University has decided to cancel classes for the rest of the week at its New Brunswick and Newark campuses in New Jersey.
Across the entire East Coast, tens of thousands of businesses could be without power for the remainder of the week, possibly longer.
