City Never Sleeps by Emily GoldblumComing Back to RealityFirst things first, hope everyone's well. If you need any help or advice post-Hurricane Sandy, please click here. Also, don't forget about FEMA, the American Red Cross, NYC311 and also for Staten Island specifically: Recovers.org. Please, if you have anything to give or need anything, even volunteers, come to this website.Transportation Mess: How are you getting to school? Here's the latest from the MTA:
The LIRR is still being modified greatly and off-peak will be in effect throughout the day and all on-board fees will be waived.The Metro-North Railroad service has been resumed on branch lines.Regarding bridges, no tolls are required for the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge to the Rockaways. All MTA bridges are open.The MTA tunnels, on the other hand, are both closed still filled with water (Queens Midtown and the Hugh L. Carey, formerly the Brooklyn-Battery).For more information on what's going on with the trains, click here.One last thing, don't forget or neglect to vote!!