LIGHTS IN
LOWER MANHATTAN, http://www.lbnelert.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/new-york.jpgMISERY IN OUTER REGIONS:
The lights
were back on Saturday in lower Manhattan,
prompting screams of sweet relief from residents who had been
plunged into darkness for nearly five days by Superstorm Sandy. But
that joy contrasted with deepening resentment in the city’s outer
boroughs and suburbs over a continued lack of power and maddening
gas shortages. Adding to the misery of those without power, heat or
gasoline were dipping temperatures. Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged
older residents without heat to move to shelters and said 25,000
blankets were being distributed across the city. “We’re New
Yorkers, and we’re going to get through it,” the mayor said. “But I
don’t want anyone to think we’re out of the
woods.”
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