Nearly 2.7 million New Yorkers will struggle to get to work for the indefinite future, as the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority scrambles to fix damage to flooded subway lines. In statements this morning, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota repeatedly emphasized that the system has “never faced a disaster as devastating” as Sandy and offered no timeline for reopening the subway. [...] By some estimates, the economic loss from a month-long subway outage could top $55 billion.
In statements this morning, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota repeatedly emphasized that the system has “never faced a disaster as devastating” as Sandy and offered no timeline for reopening the subway. [...]
By some estimates, the economic loss from a month-long subway outage could top $55 billion.
What you are going to see over the next week is an overt effort by Democrats to politicize the issue of disaster response. They’re right to do it. Conservatives are already complaining about this, but the attempt to wall disaster response off from politics in the aftermath of a disaster is an attempt to insulate Republicans from the consequences of their policies.
Because of the devastating hurricane, the mogul tweeted Tuesday that he is extending his offer to President Barack Obama to donate $5 million to charity if the president produces his college records and passport application.
Average daily circulation at the U.S.'s largest newspapers edged down during the six months ended in September from a year earlier, adding to declines for an industry that has been beset by weak advertising and competition from a swath of digital technologies, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Betty Anne Ward McCaskill, mother of Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), has died at the age of 84. Senator McCaskill's campaign released a statement Monday afternoon announcing the death. The statement says Betty Anne was surrounded by her family and died of natural causes at her home in St. Louis.
Senator McCaskill's campaign released a statement Monday afternoon announcing the death. The statement says Betty Anne was surrounded by her family and died of natural causes at her home in St. Louis.