WESTCHESTER-PUTNAM High school football makes return with Class A semifinals SPORTS 1C BREAKING NEWS 24/7 AT LOHUD.COM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012 SUPERSTORM SANDY >> 9 PAGES OF COVERAGE INSIDE LIVES CUT SHORT News: Long lines, long waits for gas. 3A Life: Fun things to keep the kids busy. 1B News: Nyack bars go dry. 7A LoHud.com: More news, videos Con Edison utility workers gather in front of St. Joseph's Church in Croton Falls Friday to honor Michael Robson, who was tragically killed in Superstorm Sandy. MATTHEW BROWN / THE JOURNAL NEWS Funerals held for 2 boys killed in storm Jack Baumler's mother Valerie Baumler, William Baumler, left, and father Eric Baumler, right, follow his casket after a funeral Mass at St. Joseph's Church Friday. By Rob Ryser rryser@lohud.com NORTH SALEM -- Mourners of the two boys who were killed by a storm-blown tree Monday night took their grief over the loss of the effervescent best friends into church Friday for back-to-back funeral Masses. More than 300 family and friends packed the sanctuary of St. Joseph's Church outside Croton Falls at 10 a.m. for Jack Baumler, 11, an all-star pitcher and a gregarious kid with an engaging smile and lots of friends. Mourners filled the sanctuary again at 1 p.m. for Michael Robson, 13, an outdoor sports enthusiast who loved adventure and talked about becoming a park ranger. "A long life is not good enough," the Rev. Jude Aguwa told those assembled for Jack Baumler's funeral. "But a good life is long enough." As families stood four deep in the back of the small church this morning, Jack Baumler's coffin was carried in to the hymn "Be Not Afraid." Aguwa read from the Gospel of John in which Jesus arrives at the funeral of his friend Lazarus and cries at the sight of Mary and Martha mourning. "We may tell you we understand your pain but you know in your heart that we do not really know how this is ravaging your heart," Aguwa said as the sun broke out for the first time all morning. "But Jesus can understand your pain." Aguwa said Jack is now living a life that is perma- MATTHEW BROWN / THE JOURNAL NEWS The family of Michael Robson watch as a final blessing is given to his casket. MATTHEW BROWN / THE JOURNAL See BOYS, Page 4A NEWS Residents worry about N.J. homes By Andrew Klappholz aklappholz@lohud.com As residents cope with property damage and a lack of power and gas in the lower Hudson Valley, many are weathering out the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy with one eye on the New Jersey shore. The coastline, which sustained the worst damage of the storm, not only has a special place in the hearts of those in the northern New York suburbs. To many it's long been a fun summer get-away destination, but there are also many here who have second homes in New Jersey -- and they don't know if they're still standing. "I feel so sad," said Joan Vigliotti, a Yonkers resident who owns a small beach house in Surf City, N.J., a small neighborhood on Long Beach Island near the heart of the storm. She hasn't been able to get any news on her property other than the feeds from television news and the Internet that have shown huge amounts of devastation See SHORE, Page 4A INDEX >> BUSINESS 14A >> CLASSIFIED 1B >> COMICS 4B>> LOTTERIES 2A >> OBITUARIES 13A >> OPINION 15A >> SCOREBOARD 6C WP WEATHER >> 2A Today: Clouds, windy HIGH: 53 LOW: 31 Sunday: Some sun HIGH: 51 LOW: 27 new york's lower hudson valley $1.00 FOR HOME DELIVERY PRICING, PAGE 2A Home delivery 800-942-1010 (C) 2012 Main Number 914-694-9300 The Journal News Utilities take heat as cold moves in By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon jfitzgib@lohud.com Things are growing increasingly desperate for the more than 200,000 Lower Hudson Valley utility customers still without power from Superstorm Sandy, with a windy cold front moving in this weekend and the possibility of a nor'easter heading our way. The news comes as pressure continues to mount on local utilities, which are chipping away at a record number of power outages from the storm while facing a barrage of criticism from residents and public officials -- including Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "New Yorkers should not suffer because electric utilities did not reasonably prepare for this eventuality," Cuomo said Friday in a letter to the state's utility companies. "In the context of the ongoing emergency, such a failure constitutes a breach of the public trust." The governor's office also said it would dispatch 600 additional National Guard troops to Westchester and Rockland, part of more than 3,400 deployed statewide as the two counties were designated for federal disaster relief Friday. The repair work has been plagued with controversy, with elected officials charging that utility companies didn't prepare properly and aren't doing enough. "I don't understand why it's taking this long to get power back," said Joan Rose of Mahopac, who has been without electricity since Monday. She said places like Mahopac Public Library, See COLD, Page 4A 2A Saturday, November 3, 2012 The Journal News lohud.com WP 5 Things You Should Know Conn. casinos see uptick after storm Flowers, horse race mark Day of Dead Mexicans cleaned the bones of dead relatives and decorated their graves with flowers and candy skulls. In Haiti, voodoo practitioners circled an iron cross at a cemetery and poured moonshine to honor ancestors. Some Guatemalans held a wild horse race to remember the dead. Day of the Dead, a particularly colorful and macabre festival, began Thursday on All Saints Day and continued Friday with All Souls Day. LOWER HUDSON VALLEY 5-DAY FORECAST Today Tomorrow Monday Tuesday Wednesday Most NYC schools to open on Monday 'Pop-star' priest builds big church Balcony where King was shot to open Connecticut's two casinos have been doing a good business in the wake of Monday's storm, which shut down the 12 casinos in Atlantic City. Neither the Foxwoods Resort Casino nor the Mohegan Sun Casino lost power during Sandy, and both report their hotels have been filled to capacity all week. Both casinos remained open during the storm, though many of their shops and restaurants were shuttered. New York City's public schools will reopen Monday except for 65 schools that were badly damaged by superstorm Sandy. Students at those schools will be relocated to other city schools on Wednesday. The schools that serve New York City's 1.1 million public school students have been closed since Monday. School officials said some schools experienced flooding and structural damage. One of Brazil's most famous priests has inaugurated a massive new Roman Catholic church that will hold about 20,000 worshipers when complete. A Mass was celebrated Friday to inaugurate the Mother of God sanctuary in Sao Paulo. Father Marcelo Rossi, a Latin Grammynominated Christian music singer and author of best-selling books in Brazil, is the project's driving force. The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is closing for renovations, but its biggest attraction is about to be accessible to the public for the first time. The museum, built around the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was staying when he was assassinated in 1968, will open the balcony Nov. 19. Celebrities in the News Blake Shelton win surprise at CMAs Periods of sun; windy, chilly Chilly with clouds and sun Times of clouds and sun Partly sunny, Windy with brisk and rain possible chilly NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Peekskill Winning the Country Music Association Awards' entertainer of the year is a top honor and always counted Blake as a caShelton reer high point. But for Blake Shelton it wasn't even the most memorable moment of an amazing Thursday night. "The Voice" star took home three trophies, including his third straight male vocalist victory, but nothing compared to sharing song of the year with wife Miranda Lambert. The pair wrote "Over You," about the death of Shelton's brother, Richie, in a car wreck 15 years ago. He said that trophy will always have a special place in their Oklahoma home. Shelton's entertainer win was the biggest surprise of a night full of them. Even he couldn't believe he'd won the award in a field that included Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley. AIR QUALITY Probation lingers for Chris Brown Highs: 49 to 53 Highs: 45 to 51 Highs: 44 to 50 Highs: 43 to 49 Highs: 41 to 47 Lows: 31 to 38 Lows: 27 to 33 Lows: 26 to 32 Lows: 28 to 34 Lows: 31 to 37 NATIONAL FORECAST TODAY Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Fronts Cold Precipitation Warm Stationary Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice National summary: Brisk winds will continue to chill the Northeast today, while a couple of showers and thunderstorms rumble from the Ohio Valley to Texas. More rain will wet the Pacific Northwest as Southern California warms. SHORE FORECAST Today, winds from the northwest at 10 to 20 knots, waves 2 to 4 feet, visibility generally unrestricted. Tonight, winds from the northwest at 10 to 20 knots, waves 2 to 4 feet, partly cloudy. Last New 7:29 a.m. 5:48 p.m. 9:25 p.m. 11:32 a.m. First Today first second Tomorrow first second New Rochelle High 2:06 a.m. 2:02 p.m. 2:43 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Low 7:57 a.m. 8:33 p.m. 7:41 a.m. 8:16 p.m. Yonkers High 12:48 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:36 a.m. 12:12 p.m. Low 6:23 a.m. 7:21 p.m. 5:55 a.m. 7:06 p.m. SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset today Moonrise today Moonset today TIDE TABLE Full Dobbs Ferry High 1:16 a.m. 12:58 p.m. 2:04 a.m. 12:40 p.m. Low 7:04 a.m. 8:02 p.m. 6:36 a.m. 7:47 p.m. Tarrytown High 1:32 a.m. 1:14 p.m. 2:20 a.m. 12:56 p.m. Low 7:18 a.m. 8:16 p.m. 6:50 a.m. 8:01 p.m. Haverstraw High 1:58 a.m. 1:40 p.m. 2:46 a.m. 1:22 p.m. Low 8:03 a.m. 9:01 p.m. 7:35 a.m. 8:46 p.m. Nov 6 Nov 13 Nov 20 Nov 28 ALMANAC LaGuardia Airport through 5 p.m. yesterday Temperature High Low Average temperature Normal high Normal low Record high Record low 53? 46? 49.5? 59? 46? 83? (1950) 29? (1965) Humidity High Low 74% 46% Precipitation (in inches) 24 hours through 5 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date 0.00" Year to date 31.06" Normal year to date 38.10" AccuWeather.com (C)2012 High 2:11 a.m. 1:53 p.m. 2:59 a.m. 1:35 p.m. Low 8:24 a.m. 9:22 p.m. 7:56 a.m. 9:07 p.m. Today Yesterday Ozone Particulates Compiled from wire reports by Elizabeth Lombardi. LOS ANGELES -- A judge on Thursday ordered Chris Brown to remain on supervised probation and make another court appearance after he completes an overseas tour. Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg did not address questions raised at a previous hearing about whether the R&B singer had completed the terms of his community labor sentence. A prosecutor said a report filed for Thursday's hearing Chris Brown did not add additional details about Brown's service as previously requested by the court. Instead, it included the same spreadsheet of Brown's hours that Schnegg called "somewhat cryptic" at a September hearing. Brown remains on probation for felony assault for an attack on Rihanna in 2009. He is scheduled to begin a tour that spans several countries in Europe and South Africa on Nov. 14. Brown "appears to be making a sincere effort to comply with terms and conditions of probation," a probation officer wrote in the report. The report recommended Brown remain on probation under the same conditions he has abided by since pleading guilty to the attack on the eve of the Grammy awards. Brown is due to return to court Jan. 17. Heidi Klum to host MTV Euro Awards LONDON -- Supermodel Heidi Klum promises to bring a "super-sexy" feel to the 2012 MTV European Music Awards when she hosts the show in Germany on Nov. 11. The "Project Runway" star says she will be dressed head-to-toe in Versace for the event in Frankfurt, but she may need a last minute costume fitting as she reacquaints herself with the local cuisine. "I'm probably going to gain a few pounds," she joked. "I always eat too much schnitzel." The German star's appearance on Heidi Klum the show will see her follow in the footsteps of Katy Perry, Eva Longoria and Selena Gomez. Taylor Swift and Rhianna lead this year's nominations with six and five nods respectively, and performances include Alicia Keys, The Killers, Pitbull and PSY. VOLUME 15, NUMBER 23 EXECUTIVES President/Publisher Janet Hasson jhasson@lohud.com Editor & V.P./News CynDee Royle croyle@lohud.com V.P./Sales & Marketing George Troyano gtroyano@lohud.com Circulation Operations Director Elaine Kirsch ekirsch@lohud.com ADVERTISING Retail: 914-694-5381 Preprints: 914-694-5345 Classified: 888-300-7653 Obituary: 914-694-5147 Legal Notice: 914-694-5123 SUBSCRIBER SERVICES >> Customer Service 1-800-942-1010 or customerservice@lohud.com >> Hours of operation: 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday-Sunday Monthly Subscription Rates - all subscriptions include Full Digital Access. Special Monday-Sunday, including Full Digital Access, EZ Pay Rate: $25 Monday-Sunday, including Full Digital Access, billed rate: $28 Thursday-Sunday, including Full Digital Access, EZ Pay Rate: $18 Thursday-Sunday, including Full Digital Access, billed rate: $20 Saturday/Sunday*, including Full Digital Access, EZ Pay Rate: $14 Saturday/Sunday*, including Full Digital Access, billed rate: $16 Mail Subscription rates, call 1-800-9421010. *Saturday/Sunday rates include delivery of the Thanksgiving newspaper. Each Digital Access Subscription includes access to Lohud.com, tablet, mobile and e-Newspaper. The publisher reserves the right to change subscription rates during the term of a subscription. Rate changes may be implemented by changing the duration of the subscription. ACCURACY Accuracy, fairness and balance are important to us. It is the policy of The Journal News to promptly correct errors. To report an error or clarify a story, please direct your call to one of the section editors listed on Page 3A. The Journal News Westchester, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network Inc., is published daily. Periodical postage paid at White Plains, NY (USPS 017-009). Postmaster: Send address changes to: The Journal News, Suite N110, 1133 Westchester Avenue, White Plains NY 10604. Compiled from wire reports. Not Available Good 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous Source: NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation WEATHER HISTORY A hurricane reached New York City on Nov. 3, 1861. Flooding from torrential rain lasting for 20 hours brought out thousands of rats. Residents of the city chased the rodents with their hunting dogs. Lotteries New York Midday Daily: 6 6 7 Lucky Sum: 19 Midday WinFour: 8 9 2 2 Lucky Sum: 21 Daily: 4 5 3 Lucky Sum: 12 WinFour: 7 3 3 0 Lucky Sum: 13 Pick-10: 6 10 11 16 29 33 34 35 39 43 46 50 53 56 64 69 75 76 79 80 Take Five: unavailable Mega Millions: unavailable Mega Ball: unavailable New Jersey Midday Pick 3: 8 4 0 Midday Pick 4: 5 5 9 0 Pick 3: 6 3 1 Pick 4: 5 6 3 4 Cash 5: 7 21 24 30 39 Connecticut Play 3 Day: 7 2 0 Play 4 Day: 1 8 2 4 Classic Lotto: unavailable THURSDAY New York Midday Daily: 0 5 9 Lucky Sum: 14 Midday WinFour: 9 0 2 1 Lucky Sum: 12 Daily: 1 4 1 Lucky Sum: 6 WinFour: 4 6 5 8 Lucky Sum: 23 Pick-10: 1 5 13 22 33 39 41 47 50 51 52 53 56 61 66 71 72 73 75 80 Take Five: 1 6 18 19 23 Sweet Million: 1 3 4 5 6 36 New Jersey Midday Pick 3: 1 7 6 Midday Pick 4: 0 0 6 5 Pick 3: 4 2 0 Pick 4: 9 4 1 9 Cash 5: 1 8 14 16 32 Pick 6: 3 20 28 36 37 39 Connecticut Play 3 Day: 8 0 1 Play 4 Day: 9 3 9 7 Play 3: 8 5 3 Play 4: 0 0 0 5 Cash 5: 5 15 16 24 34 Lucky-4-Life: 1 8 15 23 38 Lucky Ball: 12 Entertainment lawyer arrested By Will David and Erik Shilling wdavid@lohud.com BRONXVILLE -- An entertainment lawyer who has represented Eminem, 50 Cent and former White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley was arrested outside his home and charged with menacing and gun offenses, accused of threatening his brother during a dispute over a power generator. Randall Cutler, 43, was arrested Thursday morning after he walked out of his Westway home with a knife in his pocket. He was arraigned in Tuckahoe Village Court on charges of menacing and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. After obtaining a search warrant, police entered CutRandall ler's home Cutler later Thursday and seized an arsenal, including a Smith and Wesson .380-caliber handgun, a TEC-9, a Luger .380 handgun, an AK-47, a Marlin .17 rifle, a sawed-off Rossi shotgun, a .31-caliber modified Western-style revolver, two tactical vests, plastic restraints, five knives, a short sword, a laser scope, 300 to 400 rounds of ammunition, two magazine clips, brass knuckles, a speed loader, Weapons recovered by Bronxville police after arresting Randall Cutler. COURTESY PHOTO an ammunition belt and seven loaded banana clips for the AK-47, which amounted to 225 rounds of ammunition, according to Bronxville police Chief Christopher Satriale. The arrest followed a heated argument between Cutler and his 31-year-old brother, who was staying with him after the power went out at his home in Manhattan. The Bronxville house is also the primary residence for the brothers' parents, who were home at the time and are lawyers. Satriale said Cutler's brother first called police around 8:25 a.m., saying then that he was fighting with his brother. On a second call, dispatchers heard a lot of screaming and yelling, before Cutler's brother said clearly, "He's pointing a gun at me." Police from Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe rushed to the scene and found Cutler's brother and his wife outside the home. Moments later, Cutler himself, with a knife in his pocket, came outside and was arrested. The argument started, Satriale said, after Cutler ran the family's generator all night and then refused to get more gas for the machine in the morning, making Cutler's brother angry. The two began arguing in the garage before both met at a stairwell in the house, where Cutler allegedly pointed a .38caliber handgun at his brother. Cutler represented White Plains' former mayor after Bradley's arrest a year ago for allegedly violating an order of protection by calling his estranged wife. In subsequent months Cutler often offered a boisterous defense of Bradley, calling the allegations a "misunderstanding" and insinuating that the process was skewed against Bradley, saying that his client would rather be a "political prisoner" than admit to the charge. An appeals court recently reversed a guilty verdict against Bradley on which the violation was based, though a new trial is possible. But Cutler also suffered from a series of undisclosed health issues, which forced repeated delays in Bradley's case, and the former mayor changed lawyers last month. According to a 2003 profile in a Colby College alumni magazine, Cutler at one time represented a series of hip-hop stars, including Eminem, 50 Cent, Ice-T, Cypress Hill, GZA and Beatnuts. Cutler met Eminem in1998, before he had released "The Slim Shady LP," which made the performer famous and sent Cutler's firm to the "big time," Cutler said in the profile. But Cutler apparently split with his law partner, and currently maintains a solo practice. Cutler was being held without bail Friday at the Westchester County jail in Valhalla. He is next scheduled to appear in Bronxville Village Court on Nov. 7. A lawyer for Cutler could not be immediately identified. "Historically, domestic violence calls are some of the most dangerous calls we respond to," Satriale said. "We are grateful that we are able to calm a potentially violent situation and remove deadly weapons from the home." lohud.com The Journal News SUPERSTORM SANDY WP Saturday, November 3, 2012 3A Long lines at pump; more fuel expected soon By Jonathan Bandler and Shawn Cohen jbandler@lohud.com Long gas lines still snaked through the Lower Hudson Valley Friday, but an end to the shortage could come over the weekend now that barges have reached Newburgh to offload fuel -- including 2 million gallons destined for Westchester and Rockland counties. The barges had been held up on the Hudson River as a result of Superstorm Sandy, but the U.S. Coast Guard began allowing them to move Thursday night. In addition, the state and federal governments announced that they will suspend laws and regulations hindering quick delivery of fuel into the New York metropolitan area. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state would waive registration and tax requirements for fuel tankers entering New York Harbor in an effort to alleviate a gas shortage that has been wreaking havoc in the area. "People can't get gas," Cuomo said. "It has increased the stress level all across the region." Police have been monitoring gas station entrances to stop impatient drivers from cutting each other off in line. "This is unnecessary, what people are doing," said Ron Sevim, who was overseeing a brisk business at his Citgo station on Route 59 in Spring Valley Friday afternoon. His other complaint? Drivers are "panicking" and topping off tanks that are still nearly full. The shortage led to rationing in Yonkers on Thursday and Rockland County, where County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef Friday issued a local emergency order restricting sales of gas to 10 gallons per vehicle per day, including portable containers used for generator fuel. "The main purpose of it is to move these lines better and to provide an opportunity for people to get this gas," Vanderhoef said. The first barge delivered 2 million gallons shortly after 2 a.m. in Newburgh, and fuel trucks were lined up outside the terminal ready to move the gas to area retailers. "It's been crazy the last few days as everyone has Residents wait in line to fill up gas cans at the Getty station at the corner of North Avenue and Park Place in New Rochelle Friday. The station was open for gas cans and cash only in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. TANIA SAVAYAN/THE JOURNAL NEWS panicked, but the gas stations will start getting the product and things will soon be back to normal," said Peter Kischak, president of the Service Station Dealers of Greater New York. "It's not going to happen overnight, though. It'll take a couple of days." On Friday morning, lanes were blocked on Interstate 287 in Elmsford and on the New York State Thruway in Yonkers as lines of cars backed up at gas stations. A Lukoil on Central Park Avenue in Yonkers drew a long line, but the station ran out of gas about 9 a.m. Post Road Sunoco on West Post Road in White Plains had gas, but the line stretched all the way to Mamaroneck Avenue, almost a mile away. After waiting in long lines, some unprepared drivers arrived at pumps only to be forced away by "cash only" signs. In contrast, there was plenty of gas available in Putnam County, where the wait was only five to10 minutes at the Eagle Gas and Diesel on Route 22 in Brewster just off Interstate 684. Kischak suggested the discrepancy in availabil- ity was due to lower demand where fewer people live and Putnam's closer proximity to the depot in Newburgh. In Rockland, drivers started lining up around 5 a.m. at the Shell station on Route 59 in Central Nyack after someone spotted a fuel truck making a delivery, co-owner Omar Isa said. "A few customers saw that the gas carrier was here and decided to wait it out," said Isa, who was directing traffic from the state highway to the pumps. "When we arrived at 8:30 a.m. to open up, when we had the manpower, there was complete chaos." While residents and businesses scramble to find gasoline, the shortages also have some authorities concerned about municipal supplies. Orangetown, which is running low on gas, got an emergency delivery of 600 gallons of gas at $7 a gallon Friday. "It is price gouging but we need it for public safety purposes," said Supervisor Andy Stewart. Mount Pleasant Police Chief Louis Alagno said the town's supply of diesel is very low and that the Residents wait in line to fill up gas cans at the Getty station at the corner of North Avenue and Park Place in New Rochelle Friday. TANIA SAVAYAN/THE JOURNAL NEWS police department has about 2,000 gallons of regular gas left -- enough to last until next week. "It's definitely something we're concerned about, but from what I hear, the situation will be better over the next few days," Alagno said. The village of Pelham filled up two 2,000-gallon tanks in its public works yard, one with diesel fuel, one with gasoline, said Administrator Village Robert Yamuder. In Ramapo, the town is buying 15,000 gallons of gas from the owner of a Mobil station that's been without power since the storm. White Plains Public Safety Commissioner David Chong said police have been monitoring city gas stations since Thursday and have broken up a few arguments but made no arrests. "Right now I think there's a lot of panic going on," he said. "We're asking people to please have patience. If you don't really need gas right now, don't get in line." The state Attorney General's Office warned against price gouging before the storm and a spokesman said Friday there have been "several hundred" complaints so far, although that includes gas, hotels, food and emergency supplies. Staff writers Colin Gustafson, Theresa Juva-Brown, Ned P. Rauch, Khurram Saeed, Mareesa Nicosia, Hema Easley, Marcela Rojas, Richard Liebson, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, Terry Corcoran, Jessica Bakeman and Laura Incalcaterra contributed to this report. Many schools ready to reopen their doors Monday Randi Weiner rcweiner@lohud.com As power is slowly restored to the Lower Hudson Valley, many schools that had closed their doors for the week are How to reach us Local content/watchdog editor: Kathy Moore, 914-694-3523, kjmoore@lohud.com. Local News editor, Education, Transportation, Environment, Health, Business/Consumer issues: Liz Anderson, 914-696-8538, ecanders@lohud.com. Life&Style: Mary Dolan, 914-694-5230, mdolan@lohud.com Sports: Sean Mayer, 914-696-8527 Digital Team and Breaking News: Ed Forbes, Liz Anderson, Brian Howard, James Kwasnik, Mike Meaney, Jill Mercadante, Yaron Steinbuch, 914-6945077, digital@lohud.com. Westchester County editor: D. Scott Faubel, 914-696-8569, sfaubel@lohud.com. Northern Westchester and Putnam editor: Robert Brum, 914-666-6579, rbrum@lohud.com. Photography director: Carrie Yale, 914-694-5092, cyale@lohud.com Calendar items: Call 914-696-8298; calendar@lohud.com; www.lohud.com/ submitevent TO REPORT A NEWS ITEM E-mail us at metro@lohud.com; 914-694-5077 nights and weekends only; sports scores after 5:30 p.m.: 914-6968888 >> Photo reprints 914-694-3505 >> Weddings/Engagements 914-696-8231 >> Main switchboard 914-694-9300 primed to reopen on Monday. With the exception of Carmel, most SAT tests scheduled for today have been canceled. Several districts have moved the testing date to Nov. 17 but students should check on their district website if they can for updated information. Carmel High School is still hosting the tests, however, and those with power are being asked to tell those without that there has been no change. As of 5 p.m. Friday: >> Bedford schools plan to open on time Monday if there's power. Mount Kisco Elementary School and Bedford Hills Elementary School had power on Friday. Tuesday will be a full day of classes. >> Bronxville schools are expected to reopen Monday and also be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for residents who need to recharge their electronics and get warm. >> Eastchester schools are expected reopen Monday, although bus routes may be modified to accommodate still-closed roads. Buildings might be cooler than usual, so children are being advised to dress warmly. >>Katonah-Lewisboro and Mamaroneck schools also are expected to reopen Monday, as are schools in New Rochelle. In New Rochelle, Tuesday -- which was supposed to be a holiday because of the election -- will be a full school day instead. >> Yonkers schools also are expected to open on time Monday, although power to six schools remained problematical on Friday. Like New Rochelle, the district will run a full day of classes Tuesday instead of an election holiday. Casimir Pulaski School, Family School 32, Paideia School 15, Scholastic Academy, School 21 and Yonkers Middle/High school will be open if their power can be restored by Monday morning. The district will be alerting residents to the schools' status. If power to a specific school remains off, students will be told to stay home and staff will be reassigned. >> Archdiocese of New York schools will return to classes on the same schedule as their community public schools. Rockland County Executive Scott Vanderhoef said Friday that it was uncertain when schools in Rockland would reopen. "That's one question I don't have an answer for at this point," Vanderhoef told Gannett's Albany Bureau. "I have not received a report yet about next Monday ... It may not be decided until Sunday." 4A Saturday, November 3, 2012 WP Outages cut cell, Internet COLD: 200,000 still out By Erik Shilling SUPERSTORM SANDY The Journal News lohud.com Continued from Page 1A eshilling@lohud.com Cellphone service improved Friday amid scattered reports of cable and Internet outages. The biggest obstacle to restoring cable and Internet service was getting power back, companies and customers said, and there were reports of customers getting service restored only to have it rendered useless by lack of electricity. Several service providers did not respond to requests for comment, while others gave only vague descriptions of service outages. Echoing the statements of many of the companies, an AT&T spokeswoman said late Friday the company was "making progress" in restoring service, with "thousands of employees" on the job to make repairs. Cablevision, which provides cable service to much of Westchester and Rockland and parts of Putnam counties, said 8,765 of its customers with power did not have their Optimum service, out of more than 1.9 million, and more than 3.2 million total. Comcast Corp., the other large cable, Internet and phone service provider in the northern suburbs, joined Cablevision, Time Warner Cable Inc. and Cox Communications Inc. in offering credits to customers who lost service because of Superstorm Sandy, according to a report Friday in Bloomberg News. Sprint, the cellphone service provider, said Friday that its network in the tri-state area was "more than 80 percent functional," while Verizon said it may need up to two weeks to restore service for FiOS users and some cellphone users. BOYS: Lives cut too short Continued from Page 1A nent with no pain. "It is something we all long for and all prepare for," the priest said. "It is the life of peace in God's very embrace." Mourners got a chance to laugh during a eulogy from Chris Seymour, 21, who watched Jack while his mother was at work. "The community support has been remarkable but you have a short memory," Seymour said. "This SHORE: Homes ruined Continued from Page 1A along the shore. "We really enjoyed the beach house for 19 years, and I am sure we have a lot of water damage," Vigliotti said. "We are two blocks back from the ocean." Long Beach Island, an 18-mile barrier island in Ocean County, has been closed off by authorities since Sandy hit on Monday. Anthony Avery, who splits his time between North Beach Haven on Long Beach Island and Garnerville, left when it was evacuated Sunday where she works, and Temple Beth Shalom have opened up for people to charge electronic devices and get warm. Carmel Councilwoman Suzanne McDonough said the town also expected to distribute bottled water and at least 300 bags of dry ice to residents still without power. In Westchester, several complained that Consolidated Edison shortchanged the county to focus on repairs in Manhattan. Officials at the utility denied it, and said more private and mutual aid crews from other companies will bring the company's repair force to 1,985, including about 600 assigned to the Bronx and Westchester. Most of those, he said, will be dispatched to Westchester. "It's very frustrating," Con Edison spokesman Allan Drury said. "We understand that. But we are working. More mutual aid is coming in." Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said he was assured that workers were not being diverted, and that Con Edison and New York State Electric & Gas were working to restore county customers. "We ask for patience," Astorino said. But for those still without power in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam, that's asking too much. "We have no power and trees all over the road. Cars can't come in or exit," said 19-year-old Sarah Levy of Spring Valley, who said she is part of three families who have huddled together. "Officials called back to apologize, but nothing has changed. We have to bring in private companies to remove trees that are on the road, down with wires." "No (Orange and Rockland Utilities) trucks in sight this entire week," Levy said. "It's a disaster." In Yorktown, another hard-hit community, patience was running out at the residence of Janine Benvenuti, which is served by NYSEG. "It's been difficult, and it's getting very cold," Benvenuti said. "It's such a widespread storm, I understand that, but I can't even get through to NYSEG. I don't think anybody has been thrilled at NYSEG's response. It would be nice to see more crews." The weather forecast hardly helps. Temperatures are expected to plummet to 30 degrees by Sunday night, with day temperatures in the midto upper 40s that will feel like mid-30s due to winds gusting to 30 mph, AccuWeather meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski said. Pydynowski said the middle of next week could bring more bad news, as a storm system moving north along the East Coast could develop into a nor'easter. "If it passes far enough to our east, we may just get grazed by a little rain summer a neighbor was complaining that Jack charged him a 25-cent toll to get into the neighborhood." One of Jack's baseball coaches, Bill Bertolino, broke down speaking about how Jack was more than a remarkable player other kids looked up to. "Jack just kept trying to get better," Bertolino said. Monsignor James Moore delivered the homily at Michael Robson's funeral. "It is hard to imagine life without his physical presence," Moore told the hundreds gathered there. "His spiritual presence is here today and will be here forever because his soul lives on." The service started with a tribute by workers from Con Edison, where Michael Robson's father, also named Michael, is a supervisor. Blue-shirted workers stood on both sides of the church entrance with bucket-truck hazard lights flashing. The dual funerals came one day after hundreds of mourners lined the street outside a Brewster funeral home for a wake for the two best friends, who were North Salem middle-schoolers and grew up next door to each other in close-knit Peach Lake. The boys had been playing together in Jack Baumler's family room five nights ago when a 100-foot oak crashed through the roof. It spared Jack Baumler's night after making sure everything was tied down and secure. Still, he's worried that his shore house, which is raised only two feet off the ground, wasn't high enough to avoid the storm surge. "They're saying that they'll let us back in about a week," Avery said. "My buddy stayed through the whole thing, and he said that it was just devastating." As bad as things look on Long Beach Island, the wreckage seems even worse to the north, where the communities of Seaside Heights, Point Pleasant Beach and Belmar have a larger year-round population and a boardwalk that used to hold thriving businesses. Now, they've been washed away or reduced to rubble. "It looks like a bad B movie," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Friday NYSEG workers repair power lines on Broad Street in Yorktown on Friday. FRANK BECERRA JR./THE JOURNAL NEWS or we may even stay dry Wednesday, Thursday," she said. "But there is some indication that there is some possibility that it could come up the mid-Atlantic coast into New England. It would bring us rain and more wind." "Now, this definitely will be far from a repeat of Hurricane Sandy," Pydynowski said. "It'll be more of a typical November storm. For the coastal communities it could bring enough wind, maybe some minor coastal flooding problems, bring an increase in tides. But definitely nothing like Sandy." Sandy was the third consecutive storm to hit the region since summer 2011 -- Tropical Storm Irene in late August, a pre-Halloween nor'easter that brought a freak snowfall, and now Sandy. Each storm caused more harm than the previous one, and each set records in the number of outages and damage to the Lower Hudson Valley's electrical system. Experts increasingly have suggested that climate change may be at the heart of the growing severity of storm systems striking the East Coast in recent years. no houses lost in Surf City which is encouraging," Vigliotti said. "So far no one is allowed back on the island and they have no news as to when power will be restored and residents allowed back on. One concern of mine is the cold weather coming. We normally turn off our water Thanksgiving weekend and drain and winterize our pipes. If things freeze, we will have more water damage than just the storm water." Many homes on Long Beach Island are up on stilts to avoid flooding, but for people like Scarsdale's Jay Hausman that's only partially reassuring. A Rockland native, his second home is on southern Long Beach Island in Beach Haven where even some of the stilted homes have been knocked over or destroyed by Sandy's storm surge. "We were going to go down for Thanksgiving," Hausman said. "Obviously we're not going to go this year." The main thing, he said, is that everyone is alright and he said evacuating the island before the storm probably saved lives. His home in Scarsdale didn't lose power and he said he's grateful that nothing was lost there in his primary home. The shore house, he said, is secondary. He added that the rebuilding of the northern New Jersey shore might be more difficult than Long Beach Island because that area lost more infrastructure. Because it's not as entertainment-based as Seaside Heights, I think (Long Beach Island) is a little bit easier to restore," he said. "But I don't know if it will ever go back to what it was." An informal memorial service has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday at the Church of Faith, 40 Crescent Place, Yonkers. "The not knowing what happened is always on your mind, but I am thankful it is not my full-time residence." She has been getting information from friends and local police who tell her that they're searching every house door-to-door for gas-related hazards. "They said there were Staff writers Hema Easley, Laura Incalcaterra and Robert Marchant contributed to this report. same street as his grandparents. He is survived by his parents, Michael and Theresa Robson, and his sisters Ashley and Caitlin. During the homily for Michael Robson, Moore told the standing-room crowd of friends, teammates, teachers and neighbors that the the boys' sudden deaths cannot be understood and cannot be ignored. "It is not God's will that Funeral arrangements for Tiago Neto, the Yonkers man killed Monday when his car struck a downed tree on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenburgh, have not yet been finalized, his family said Friday. older brother and Michael Robson's older sister, who were also in the room. Jack Baumler was remembered as a terrific baseball player and a popular sixth-grader who was nonjudgmental. He is survived by his father Eric, his mother Valerie and his older brother Will. Michael Robson was also a baseball player. He loved all types of skiing. He cherished living on the really hammered Clarkstown," where more than 23,000 customers lost power after the storm. But more and more elected officials have voiced displeasure with what they characterize as the unacceptable slow response from the area's utility companies, including O&R. "O&R is MIA," said state Sen. David Carlucci, D-New City. "We have had a lack of communication that is crippling our community's ability to get back on its feet." "This is a very sad story of a very sad company," Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack said. "This is not new. For them every storm is unprecedented. They have not learned from these unprecedented storms." Westchester County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz, who chairs the board's Environment and Energy Committee, said he has been watching the restoration process with a critical eye. "There will be ample opportunity for a postmortem," he said. "We're learning a lot of lessons." anyone should be taken from this life," Moore said. "You can be sure that Michael is spending his life in heaven with his good friend Jack." Family friend Ken Mahoney recounted Michael Robson's inexhaustible happiness during the eulogy. "You couldn't find a picture of him where he isn't smiling, right?" Mahoney said to nods in the pews. "Mike was always happy and it is a tribute to his family." The best way to keep the memories of the two boys close is to share the good will people received from them, St. Joseph's pastor told mourners. "You and I can mourn Mike and Jack by doing good," Moore said. SERVICE FOR YONKERS CRASH VICTIM ON SUNDAY Long Beach, N.J., Mayor Joseph Mancini talks about damage to his town. ROBERT WARD/ASBURY PARK PRESS during a press briefing. "The further north on the coast you were for this storm the worse off you were ... Who ever thought you would see the roller coaster at Seaside Heights in the ocean?" "LBI seems much less devastated than the Seaside Heights area and Atlantic City," Vigliotti said. "A year ago I would've said that's something that is really speculative, and that environmentalists believe it but a lot of scientists are skeptical and I was one of them," said Philip Orton, a research scientist specializing in physical oceanography at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. "But right now it seems like there's a good chance that that's what's going on." "We're getting too many 100-year storms, and so even us scientists are starting to try hard to find out exactly what it means," Orton said. "Right now that's what's going to be discussed, because there's some pretty good theories now that that's what's happening." Sandy produced a 9.2foot tidal surge, which combined with a 4.7-foot high tide that flooded lower Manhattan and buried not only the subway system, but also underground electrical systems. In Rockland, O&R suffered damage so extensive that company spokesman Mike Donovan said the utility essentially would have to rebuild its entire system, noting that "the storm lohud.com The Journal News SUPERSTORM SANDY WP Race canceled; most relieved By David McKay Wilson dwilson3@lohud.com Cancellation of the ING New York City Marathon late Friday afternoon came as good news to Susan Henner, the Edgemont attorney whose family has lived at the Westchester Marriott Tarrytown since Monday. She'd been told that they had to leave Saturday to make room for marathon runners and spectators who had booked rooms months ago. Now she hopes a room will open up for her family, which includes her husband, Troy Smith, and sons, Max, 2 and Caleb, 8. "We'll have to check in the morning," said Henner. "Hopefully we'll have a room." The late afternoon announcement came as critics mounted their attacks on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who had decided to allow the race to be held, despite the devastation and ongoing cleanup from Superstorm Sandy. All week, Henner's family hoped their power would be back by Saturday. The Edgemont neighborhood in Greenburgh was particularly hard-hit by the storm, with residents told Friday that power may not be restored until next weekend. Henner said none of their friends had power. Her mother was in Massachusetts, but they feared they wouldn't find gas to return. Her husband's parents on Long Island were without power as well. "We have nowhere to go," she said. "We'd called every hotel in Westchester and Rockland." Since the storm hit, many of the 1,300 runners in Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties who registered for Sunday's marathon were torn over whether to race. Clinical psychologist Renee Wolk, 45, of New Rochelle, trained for several months to run the race in honor of her mother, Gail, who died a year ago. Her 30-year-old niece was expected to fly in Friday from Australia to run with her. "I feel bad, especially for my niece," said Wolk. "But if it's the right decision for the city, I support that." Several runners interviewed were surprised that Bloomberg had decided to hold the event. Logan Scott, 50, of New City, said he struggled with the decision but had been prepared to run. Then he learned about the cancellation. "It's the right thing to do," Scott said. "It was just too soon after the storm. There are still people without water and food." Richard Randall, 47, a Logan Scott trains Friday near his New City home for the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday. The race was canceled Friday afternoon. PETER CARR/THE JOURNAL NEWS banker at the Royal Bank of Scotland, had just returned with his family from the marathon expo at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, where he'd picked up his bib. He'd been training since June and was look- ing to run the race in 3:40. "I could see both sides of the story," said Randall, whose home has limited power, courtesy of an extension cord from a neighbor. "I was leaning toward going ahead with it, as a symbolic gesture that Saturday, November 3, 2012 5A New York was getting it together. But I can understand the concern. For most of us in the race, it's a hobby. It's entertainment. I didn't plan on winning." For Frank Reehill, 73, of Mount Vernon, the race on Sunday would have been his 34th New York City Marathon. He'll have to wait for next year. "I have no argument with it," Reehill said. "With everything going on in the city, the marathon was going to take resources. I'll wait for next year. Meanwhile, all the training for this year's race has got me in good shape. Maybe I'll go to Van Cortlandt Park and take a good run on Sunday." In interviews, runners who'd already withdrawn due to injury said Friday that they understood the people who urged Bloomberg to cancel the event. Limarie Cabrera, 41, of White Plains, whose foot injury caused her to withdraw, said holding the marathon would have reflected poorly on the running community. "It's not appropriate to run," said Cabrera, director of data analysis at Westchester Children's Association. "I wouldn't be willing to run, so close to the souls of the dead. It gives me shivers." In brief A sign on the door at the Bedford Hills firehouse informs residents of what's available Friday in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. FRANK BECERRA JR./THE JOURNAL NEWS Take hot showers at local gyms The health club chains Club Fit and New York Sports Club will open their facilities to accommodate those who are without power and need a place to take a warm shower. Club Fit has facilities in Briarcliff Manor and Jefferson Valley. Visit them online at www.clubfit.com for location information and operating hours. New York Sports Club has facilities in Carmel, Croton, Dobbs Ferry, Hartsdale, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Somers and White Plains and is open to adults 18 and over. Visit them online at www.mysportsclubs.com. To use any of these shower locations, bring an ID and your own towels. It is recommended that you call in advance to make sure power and hot water are still available. Generators sold at Costco recalled Maria Medrano, her mother Gloria Henao, sister Luisa Medrano and father Fransico Medrano smile for a photograph Friday at Blythedale Children's Hospital in Valhalla. Maria was being treated for seizures at Manhattan's NYU Medical Center but Superstorm Sandy forced her and her family to leave. They were evacuated to several other facilities before reaching Blythedale. JOE LARESE/THE JOURNAL NEWS Storm sends girl north to Blythedale By Jane Lerner jlerner@lohud.com Superstorm Sandy tossed a family from Venezuela to Valhalla as they sought care for their critically ill child amid a disaster that tested the capabilities of the region's health care infrastructure. The saga of the Medrano family, who traveled to New York so 11-year-old Maria could have brain surgery, shows both the strengths and vulnerabilities of a medical system that so many rely on for their lives. All ended well for the Medranos as they unexpectedly wound up at Blythedale Children's Hospital, where Maria continues her recovery. "We are very happy to be here," said Francisco Medrano as he sat with his wife, Gloria, and daughters, Maria, and Luisa, 13, at the Valhalla facility Friday. "God has a plan. Everything happens for a reason." But their story is a cau- tionary tale for what can go wrong -- and what can go right -- when a medical crisis is compounded with a natural disaster. Even though their experience was extreme, it illustrates the many challenges people throughout the Lower Hudson Valley faced getting medical care during and after the storm. It also shows the flexibility and adaptability of hospitals from Yonkers to Suffern that took in critically ill patients from institutions forced to close. That ability didn't happen by accident, said Jeff Meade, director of the Center for Emergency Education at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, which provides emergency medicine and emergency response training to 2,500 people annually. The Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 prompted hospitals to increase their emergency response training. "There was a realization that the health care infrastructure was vulnerable," said Meade, a paramedic. "We had to make our operations as self sufficient as we could without having to turn to the government for assistance." Hospitals throughout the Lower Hudson Valley have been holding disaster drills to deal with circumstances like the ones that occurred this week. In September, four Westchester hospitals, Phelps, White Plains, Northern Westchester in Mount Kisco and Lawrence in Bronxville, held a drill simulating fallout from an industrial chemical contamination.. The emphasis on planning likely helped Maria Medrano and others who needed urgent medical care during Sandy. Maria Medrano required surgery that physicians in Venezuela could not do to treat life-threatening seizures. Her father's insurance company directed them to NYU, where she had her operation Oct. 18. She was recovering well. Then Sandy started her ominous journey north. The family was evacuated from two New York City hospitals that were threatened by floodwaters. After two days of chaos, Francisco Medrano was told that his daughter was going to a facility in a place called Westchester. "I never heard of Westchester," Medrano, a transportation security manager at a petroleum company, recalled through a translator. "I thought they said 'Winchester' like the rifle." She was among eight medically fragile youngsters taken in by Blythedale. The hospital, which was already nearly full, was happy to open its doors, said Larry Levine, president and chief executive officer. "This is what Blythe- dale is all about," he said. "We serve as a beacon of hope to all children." With the help of a Spanish-speaking ambulance driver, the transfer was smooth for Maria and her parents, despite the raging hurricane. But her sister, Luisa, was left behind in a Ronald McDonald House in Manhattan. As soon as Maria and her mother were safely at Blythedale, Francisco Medrano left with the same ambulance driver to be with his other daughter. With the help of Maria Angeles, a Ronald McDonald House representative, the family was reunited late Thursday. Maria is receiving therapy and continues to improve. The grateful family will have quite a story to share when they return home to Venezuela. "There are good people everywhere," Francisco Medrano said. About 8,600 portable generators sold at Costco between December 2011 and July are being recalled because they pose a fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Friday. The generators were made by Champion Power Equipment and are model 41332, with an open frame, and model number 41532, with panels that cover the long sides of the fuel tank. According to the CPSC, there have been 11 reports of fuel leaking from the generators, including eight reports of the generators catching fire and two of property damage. Consumers should stop using the recalled generators immediately and contact Champion Power Equipment for a free repair kit to be installed by an authorized dealer, or return the unit to Costco for a full refund. For more information, see www.cpsc.gov or call the company's recall hotline at 855-236-9424 or the CPSC recall hotline at 800-638-2772. Food Bank is seeking donations ELMSFORD -- The Food Bank for Westchester is requesting donations of funds and food in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. You can donate funds to the Food Bank online at www.foodbankforwestchester.org, by calling 914-923-1100 or mailing a check payable to the Food Bank for Westchester to 200 Clearbrook Rd., Elmsford, NY 10523. For every $1 donated, the Food Bank can acquire $4 worth of food. Alternatively, you can donate food to the Food Bank for distribution to hungry people. Priority items (no glass containers) include tuna, bread, cold cuts, bananas, oranges, apples, shelf-stable milk, cereal, granola bars, peanut butter, peanut butter and jelly squeeze bottles, juice boxes, crackers, meal-in-acans, pop-top soups, applesauce or mixed fruit cups, cheese and/ or peanut butter sandwich crackers and personal-hygiene products such as toilet paper, hand-sanitizer wipes and tissues. 6A Saturday, November 3, 2012 WP SUPERSTORM SANDY A woman brings several gas cans to the Getty station in New Rochelle. The station was open for gas cans and cash only. TANIA SAVAYAN/THE JOURNAL NEWS The Journal News lohud.com People arrived at 3 p.m. for dry ice that was to be given out a 4 p.m. at the Triangle shopping center in Yorktown. FRANK BECERRA JR./THE JOURNAL NEWS After the storm, a new reality An uprooted tree sits on the roof of a home on Central Street in Yorktown. FRANK BECERRA JR./THE JOURNAL NEWS A landscaper dumps a load of logs at the New Castle Recycling Center in New Castle. JOE LARESE/THE JOURNAL NEWS People line up to fill gas cans at the Nyack Shell gas station on Route 59. Cars were lined up almost half a mile for gas. PETER CARR/THE JOURNAL NEWS Melissa Pomeranz, 14, if Irvington, checks her Facebook account on an iPhone at her home. The Pomeranzes have been without power since Monday night. The family has spent three of the last four nights at home in the cold and dark. Melissa has been charging her phone every day at Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown. SETH HARRISON/THE JOURNAL NEWS Yorktown and Bedford Hills firefighters battle a chimney fire at a home on Evergreen Street in Yorktown. FRANK BECERRA JR./THE JOURNAL NEWS lohud.com The Journal News SUPERSTORM SANDY WP Shelters' heat, food, power cheering By Ned P. Rauch, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy and Ken Valenti erauch@lohud.com Anthony Williams thought he was well-prepared for Superstorm Sandy. He owned a generator, and had stocked up on nonperishables and water. Then, at 11:30 a.m. Monday, he became one of the first people to lose power, hours before Sandy made landfall. Within a few days, he and his wife and their three children, ages 12, 10 and 7, like hundreds of others in the region, would have to seek the comforts of daily life outside their home. "We ran out of gas for the generator on the second day," the Lake Peekskill resident said "The kids were going stir-crazy, but we didn't want to drive around and waste gas." The family spent most of its time around a fireplace, using a two-burner stove to heat canned food. On Thursday, Williams said, four days without warm showers started getting to them. The White Plains YMCA, which has opened its doors to people in the community who had lost power, became their refuge. Gyms, community centers, libraries and schools throughout the Lower Hudson Valley have been converted to shelters, safe havens and hot shower-providers in the aftermath of the massive storm. Libraries and coffee shops have become cellphone and laptop chargers, where informationhungry residents can plug in. The Williamses drove to the Y on Thursday evening, used the basketball Michelle Warren of Sleepy Hollow has been sheltering at the Tarrytown Community Opportunity Center because her home lost power Monday. CARUCHA L. MEUSE/ THE JOURNAL NEWS courts and the swimming pools, and took long showers. "That was the greatest shower ever," Williams said. Carolyn Sherwin, of the American Red Cross, said her organization housed more than 200 people in shelters around the region Thursday night alone. "We are expecting the numbers to go up more," she said. "It's getting colder and people are still without power." Claire Bailer, 89, arrived Friday at the Red Cross shelter at Albert Leonard Middle School in New Rochelle for just that reason. Her home in Rye had been without power since the storm. With the help of an aide, she endured the darkness, the quiet and the chill. "It was horrible," she said. "Twenty-four hours a day, you're cold." On Friday, Bailer decided she'd had enough. Heeding her nephew's advice, she and her aide went to the shelter. "I'm doing great. I never expected such a warm welcome. I've never been Free rides end as Hudson line is restored for normal weekend schedule By Theresa Juva-Brown tjuva@lohud.com Those planning to take Metro-North this weekend should prepare for a normal weekend schedule of trains, added stops in some areas -- and the end of free rides. Starting Saturday at 12:01 a.m., Metro-North riders will begin to pay off-peak fares. Gov. Andrew Cuomo had waived fares on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's subways, buses and trains for two days in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. In its latest round of restorations, MetroNorth will extend the Hudson line to Poughkeepsie starting Saturday morning. With that addition, service has resumed for 95 percent of MetroNorth customers, officials said. Meanwhile, Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines west of the Hudson remain suspended until further notice, NJ Transit said. The Hudson line finally got back on track Friday, with trains running between Croton-Harmon and Grand Central. Service was also extended on the New Haven and Harlem lines. Though the railroad's first two days of regular service had some delays, commuters weren't complaining on Friday. "Today my 6:05 a.m. train arrived at 6:15, but I was just happy to have the ride in," said Michael Montani, a 29-year-old equity research analyst who caught the train from New Rochelle. It took him two hours to drive into Manhattan on Thursday. Commuters board a Metro-North train into Manhattan on Thursday at the White Plains station. Starting this morning, Metro-North riders began to pay off-peak fares, with service 95 percent restored, Metro-North said. SETH HARRISON/THE JOURNAL NEWS "Metro-North I would say comes out smelling like a rose - many people have told me they have a whole new appreciation for public transit," Montani said. Metro-North, which was faced with flooded stations, washed-out tracks and countless downed trees after the storm, has steadily added trains since Wednesday afternoon. The MTA has also restored limited subway and bus service in New York. Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Joseph Lhota took to Twitter to commend his workers. "Mta workers deserve all the credit for getting NY moving again. They aren't the Finest or Bravest, but they are THE BEST," he tweeted from his personal Twitter account on Friday. For a full schedule of service restorations, see www.mta.info. in a shelter before. This is my first time and I couldn't be more pleased with the way they treat you," Bailer said, her wheelchair parked in a corner of the gym. A few dozen feet from Bailer, John Lewis, 42, stood near the cot he's occupied since Tuesday. His apartment, on a low-lying road in New Rochelle, flooded and has not had power since the storm. "They're very helpful, very polite," he said of the Red Cross volunteers running the shelter. "The food's been great. I consider myself very lucky to be here." In Tarrytown, the Community Opportunity Center has become a second home to many. The center, where the Red Cross has set up another shelter, has close to 50 people staying overnight, and about 200 coming by for food and entertainment during the day. Michelle Warren moved in Tuesday night. "The food they have here is gourmet," Warren said, adding she's barely had to step out of the shelter. "They have cots, blan- kets, shampoo and hot towels. They have all the comforts of home. It's actually better than home." Public libraries have proved invaluable. New City's library on Friday had power, heat and, most importantly for many patrons, Wi-Fi. It was packed and every charging station was in use as people sought to revive their devices. "We've been packed to the gills all day," said Karen Ostertag, a reference librarian. "It's wonderful that just being open is so helpful." George Delfierro, 25, of New Hempstead, had been without power and water since Monday. "I've been coming here for two days to get a break from the cold and lack of anything to do," he said . "I'm hanging out here as long as I can. They close at 6 (p.m.). I will be going back to a dark house." Richard Berman of Chappaqua was relieved to be able to take his first shower of the week thanks to the generosity of Club Fit in Briarcliff Manor, where his wife is a member. He said she Saturday, November 3, 2012 7A would appreciate the shower he took as much as he did. "It's a relief for me," said Berman, 69. "But since we sleep next to eachother, it's a big relief for her, too." Mark Cuatt, general manager of the club, said it was open to guests of members since the storm and that about three times as many people as usual were using it. The Bermans, who have been living off cold Chef Boyardee, granola bars, oranges and other emergency food, were also charging their cellphones at Club Fit. That, Berman said, is another big help. "We've been charging them in the car, but now that gas is running out, that's a big concern," he said. Others are getting by on their own, using the quiet of a mass power outage to burrow into a book. Miriam Novak has lived all around the country in her 92 years, the last 35 in Nyack, but said she's never seen a storm like Sandy. On Friday, she had no cable TV and didn't want to venture outside, calling the weather "nasty." So she watched the world through her apartment window overlooking Broadway. "I like people, but I've had no outside contact," she said. "I'm old, but I'm not that brave." Novak wished her building would allow dogs, and said she'd spend the rest of her day with a crossword puzzle and a good book. Staff writers Thane Grauel and Hema Easley contributed to this report. Nyack lifts alcohol ban; eateries OK until 10 p.m. By Khurram Saeed ksaeed@lohud.com NYACK -- The village on Friday altered its alcohol ban, allowing Main Street bars and restaurants to serve food and drinks until 10 p.m. But business owners said that's not good enough. Some don't want any restriction while others want to keep their kitchens open late. The village intends to revisit its policy today, Nyack Mayor Jen LairdWhite said. Only a few blocks of businesses on north side of Main Street, and other select areas of the Nyack, have power. They have been banned by village officials and Orangetown police since Wednesday from serving alcoholic drinks amid concerns for public safety. Officials said traffic signals and street lights are not fully working and the police force is stretched thin. The night life after midnight can get "pretty feisty" downtown and even a small incident could quickly escalate, Orangetown Police Chief Kevin Nulty told a crowd of 50 in front of Nyack Village Hall on Friday morning. He said he was concerned about looting. Gina Cambre, owner of Casa del Sol, objected to the arguments, noting downtown business owners have never had such restrictions placed on them before during disasters, including Hurricane Floyd, snowstorms and blackouts. "Let us do business," Cambre said. "And if we're being irresponsible, we have to answer to the State Liquor Authority. I don't know why they feel they need to be Heidi Nolan, co-owner of the Nyack Pour House, wants to stay open later than the 10 p.m. limit Nyack announced Friday. PHOTOS BY KHURRAM SAEED/THE JOURNAL NEWS Orangetown Police Chief Kevin Nulty addresses about 50 Nyack business owners and residents Friday about the operating restrictions for village bars and restaurants. stepping in when the State Liquor Authority hasn't." Sean Spicer and his sister, Heidi Nolan, co-owners of the Nyack Pour House, disagreed with the temporary rules but understood the reasons behind them. "But allow us to be open (late) so people with no heat and no electricity can come" and eat, Spicer said. Added Nolan: "We want our kitchen open to 3 a.m. so we can serve the people." If the idea is to keep people from driving at night on streets with downed trees, Cambre wondered why the village wasn't keeping residents close to home to warm up, eat a hot meal and recharge their electronic devices. "How is it safer to send them out of town to Pearl River and Nanuet ... than keep them here?" Cambre said. During the meeting, others asked if police resources were so scarce, why Pearl River bars have been allowed to stay open without limits. Mike DeLuca said he spent an hour eating and watching TV at the Nyack Pour House on Thursday before returning to his freezing apartment. "This means everything," DeLuca said. "I've been sitting in a dark, cold apartment without any access to media. I don't know what's going on." In brief Motorist entering Yorktown on Route 35 are reminded of the state of emergency that's in effect in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. FRANK BECERRA JR./THE JOURNAL NEWS Indian Point reactor back online BUCHANAN -- The Indian Point nuclear reactor that shut down Monday night because of an electrical grid disturbance as Sandy raged across the Lower Hudson Valley was put back into service early Friday morning, the plant's owner announced. Indian Point's Unit 3 automatically shut itself off after its main generator detected it had no place to send the electricity it was producing. The generator is on the non-nuclear side of the plant, not in the reactor, said Jerry Nappi, a spokesman for Entergy Nuclear. There were no wind- or water-related problems at the plant in Buchanan, Entergy said. Unit 3 came back online just after midnight. The plant's other operating reactor was unaffected and continued to generate power. Cuomo: $100M in state storm aid ALBANY -- The state will create a $100 million fund to help victims of Superstorm Sandy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. The announcement is the first commitment of state aid to help victims in New York City and its suburbs after the storm devastated communities. Cuomo said the money would go to victims and people whose homes were damaged, and could be replenished with more aid if needed. Cuomo didn't indicate when the money would be approved, but the Legislature is expected to return to session after Tuesday's election to deal with the storm relief. He also didn't detail how the money would be allocated and the application process, but the specifics are expected to be released soon. He said the money would be available starting Monday. DMV deadlines extended ALBANY -- People affected by Hurricane Sandy can have an extended period for motor-vehicle renewals, tax filings and payments, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday. The DMV will extend deadlines for driver license renewals, learner permits, nondriver ID cards and vehicle registrations. This will apply if the expiration date is scheduled for Nov. 13 and will be extended for an additional day. DMV hearings scheduled through Friday will be postponed and a rescheduled date will be provided by mail. Vehicle inspections were not included in the list of extensions, but a 10-day temporary registration will be given. Counties statewide are eligible to receive an extension for tax filing and payment deadlines on taxes. All deadlines have been extended to Nov. 14 and include payments scheduled from Oct. 26 through Nov. 13. Local governments affected by Hurricane Sandy will have an extra month to pay bonds for municipal wastewater and drinking water projects. 8A Saturday, November 3, 2012 WP SUPERSTORM SANDY The Journal News lohud.com If there's no juice, you can't get juiced in Nyack Booze is back in Nyack. After a three-day ban of the sale of alcohol at saloons, restaurants and liquor stores, "Prohibition" was repealed in the stormravaged village. They're partying like it's 1933. Well, sort of. You can now belly up to a bar for a stiff drink anywhere within village limits, but only until the clock strikes 10. After that, Nyack goes back to being dry. Lifting the ban -- at least partially -- was a concession to the merchants and to the locals who've endured the nerve-shattering hardships of Superstorm Sandy and could stand a good belt, or two ... or three. The alcohol ban was put into effect on Halloween night because the storm knocked out electrical power in the village's business district which is well-known for its bar-fueled nightlife. Also, the police this week have been spread thin responding to other Sandyrelated problems. Putting it bluntly, the idea was to limit the potential number of drunks who might get into trouble. As far as anybody knows, Nyack was the only municipality in the region to impose such a restriction -- and it wasn't universally popular. Comments registered on a blog, NyackSocialScene, included a complaint from someone who believed it was a heavyhanded move akin to declaring "marshal" (sic) law. Another commented on her iPhone: "Yes, I'm out at o'malley's (sic) and apparently the prohibition (sic) has been reenacted (sic)?!! Seriously?!! How is this legal? I don't think so." Barkeeps and their employees were especially upset because the ban would cut off their tips. But others posted their support of Nyack Mayor Jen White and the village Phil Reisman Board of Trustees. One supporter wrote on Thursday, "When I drove through town on my way home tonight, it was dark ... and I felt a sense of relief that folks will not be out, half-naked in costumes, drinking and impaired." When I reached Mayor White on Thursday, she joked that the village's bar owners wanted to lynch her. She laughed, but maybe she was halfjoking. "I think residents and the community in general are very supportive of it," she said. "The bar owners are extremely unhappy. I just had an angry crowd on Village Hall steps minutes ago, expressing their unhappiness." White explained to the merchants that the last thing she wanted to do was hurt their businesses, but in a time of crisis, public safety had to come first. "We have no street lights," she said. "We have no fully functioning traffic lights. One light is completely out. People have been running the stop signs all day long. "Downtown is very hazardous. Just from a driving and visual perspective, it's very dark." In short, the policy was if there's no juice, you can't get juiced. I asked White where she was getting her liquor. She replied, "The last few days have not afforded me much time for alcohol consumption." It's quite possible that before the storm the denizens of Nyack stocked up on booze along with other emergency essentials like candles and D batteries. This was certainly so elsewhere. The Village Voice blog declared in an Oct. 29 headline, "Hurricane Sandy: New Yorkers Prepare (To Get ****-Faced)." Somehow that doesn't seem as funny now as it did then. The Hanging Vine, a liquor store on Palmer Road in Bronxville, I'm told, doubled its business last Sunday, a good 24 hours before Sandy hit land. By the way, Bronxville has three liquor stores and only one gas station, a fact worth pondering. It's been said before that in a time of crisis the two most popular places are church and the corner bar. Dunne's Pub in White Plains is a classic corner bar. James O'Toole, the bartender, told me that business has spiked since Sandy. "You know what's happening?" he bellowed over the din. "People are just walking down the hill -- they're coming to the place just to get a buzz on so they can go to sleep because there's no TV, no nothing. "They're going stir crazy. So what do you do? You gotta have a drink and get something to eat." O'Toole said a temporary alcohol ban would not be tolerated on this side of the river. "If they did that here, there would be a revolution," he said. Perhaps a fear of revolt had something to do with Nyack's 10 p.m. compromise. It's tough politics to mess with voters who might want to get their drink on. But then this isn't an election year in Rockland County. "The goal is we don't want people to drive into Nyack," White said on Friday. "We want local residents to be able to have a drink and we also, obviously, want the bar owners to get back in business in a way that's safe for residents." And that's the last call. Reach Phil Reisman at preisman@lohud.com or call 914-694-5008. DiNapoli: Sandy costs could exceed $18B By Jon Campbell and Joseph Spector Albany Bureau ALBANY -- Economic damage from Superstorm Sandy could exceed $18 billion in New York, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said. DiNapoli said Sandy may result in $15 billion to $18 billion in economic loss, based on previous natural disasters. The estimate could change, based partly on the length of power outages, he said. "Our daily infrastructure of highways, power, sewer and water -- the elements of modern life that we take for granted -- have all been altered by this storm," he said. "Though the rebuilding effort may offset some of these losses, we must continue to monitor what the long-term economic impact to New York will be." The storm could have a wide-ranging impact on the state's economy, he said, warning tax revenue would be diminished in the short term. The state was already $436 million below projections for the 2012-13 fiscal year, which runs through March 31, and faces an estimated budget gap of close to $1 billion for next year. Meanwhile, the state's debt cap is rapidly approaching as it's faced with growing infrastructure needs -- with those costs exacerbated by Sandy downstate and tropical storms Lee and Irene upstate in 2011. A 2009 report from DiNapoli's office found the state had $80 billion in unfunded road, sewer and other infrastructure costs over the next two decades. A July report from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget office projected the state to come within $752 million of the cap in the 2013-14 fiscal year. "Clearly because of what has largely been driven by what's happened with the economy, we have gotten up against that debt limit, and it's clearly a problem," said Mike Elmendorf, CEO of Associated General Contractors of New York State. In recent days, Cuomo has spoken of the need to rebuild infrastructure in the storm-hit parts of the state while keeping future extreme weather in mind. Cuomo has called on the federal government to reimburse 100 percent of New York's storm costs, saying the burden is "too much for us to carry." "As we are going through the reconstruction and the rebuilding, we have to find ways to build this city back better and stronger than ever before, to make sure that if there is another situation like this -- another weather pattern like this -- we're more prepared and more protected than we have been thus far," Cuomo said Tuesday. Steven Hancox, DiNapoli's deputy comptroller for local government, said it's safe to assume the state's funding gap for infrastructure has increased since the 2009 report. Cuomo and state lawmakers soon may have to look at ways of freeing up space under the debt limit or changing the cap. "In light of the emergency spending that is going to have to go on to recover from Hurricane Sandy and make improvements aside from outright recovery, it's a legitimate question that elected officials are going to have to deal with," Hancox said. Utility companies reported progress in lower Manhattan Friday afternoon, with Consolidated Edison restoring power to 65,000 customers on the Lower East Side and the East Village. But 1.2 million customers statewide were still without power as of 4 p.m. Friday, including 555,437 served by Con Edison in New York City and southern Westchester County. Cuomo on Friday offered a stern warning to utilities for the second day in a row, saying poor performance could lead to their state certification being pulled. "People pay their bills so they have power; they are now without power," he said. "We understand the situation but we expect these utilities to perform adequately in this situation, and I will hold them accountable for their performance." DiNapoli said his office would accelerate approval of state contracts and payments to help in the recovery. "The sooner we get contractors on the ground to assist residents and business owners, the faster New York will be back on its feet," he said. JCAMPBELL1@gannett.com. Twitter.com/ JonCampbellGAN lohud.com The Journal News SUPERSTORM SANDY WP Saturday, November 3, 2012 9A Weddings go on without a hitch By Colin Gustafson and Khurram Saeed cgustafson@lohud.com Love conquers all -- even a superstorm. Just ask Nicole Hadi. The 29-year-old New Rochelle native faced having to wed her fianc?, Carlos Rios, at a friend's house in a much smaller ceremony than she'd envisioned Saturday after Sandy wreaked havoc at her venue of choice, the Beckwith Pointe club. Sandy knocked out that opulent city venue's power, caused two feet of flooding and shattered a huge dining-hall window. Fortunately, the staff didn't waste a moment while patching the place up: In three days, it got the carpets cleaned, replaced the window and used a generator to get the lights back on - finishing with just hours to spare before the first of the weekend's five weddings began. "We feel so lucky," said Hadi, a physician who lives and works in Manhattan. "The club has done such an amazing job making sure Carlos and I are as happy as we would have been without a storm." Beckwith manager and chef Pat Hickey said insurance will help cover some of the repair costs, which total a couple hundred thousand dollars. But that wasn't Hickey's main concern Friday afternoon. He wanted to make sure the club was ready for its first event at 6:30 p.m. - the wedding reception for Rosemary Magana, 29, and Eddie Sheffler, 30, a Croton-on-Hudson native. The Chicago couple got married earlier Friday in White Plains. Magana said the storm had her nervous all week about possibly having to cancel. "I was sobbing all of Monday and Tuesday," she said at the reception. "I don't know how we Eddie Sheffler, 30, a Croton-on-Hudson native, and his wife, Rosemary Magana, 29, of Chicago wait in the bridal suite before their wedding reception Friday at Beckwith Pointe catering hall in New Rochelle. The hall suffered damage from Superstorm Sandy but managed to fix it in time for the wedding. PHOTOS BY TANIA SAVAYAN/THE JOURNAL NEWS would have postponed with guests coming in from out of town." But Hickey said cancellations and postponements were out of the question for his staff. "I said from day one, we are going to do this," he said. "They have been planning this day for a year, if not more, so that's the last thing you ever want to do." Things remain complicated for many brides, grooms and wedding planners, however. The storm is creating a travel nightmare for some guests trying to drive or fly into the New York City metro area. And florists, caterers and other vendors complain they aren't receiving shipments of supplies in time to prepare for the week ahead. That worries Joann Babcock, whose daughter is supposed to be getting married on Nov. 10. Instead of focusing on starting a new life, her 27year-old daughter, Jenifer, has to worry about where and when her wedding will be. Jenifer, who lives in Florida, booked Casa Mia Manor House in Blauvelt a year ago, but the hall is still without power and it's not clear when it might return. "My daughter is so stressed at this point, the poor thing. I'm putting it in God's hands and I'm hoping he sprinkles some light over there," said Joann, of Stony Point. The wedding is to feature a butterfly theme and the flowers are being flown in from South America. For now, there is only uncertainty. Joann Babcock said she will probably have to make a decision about whether to risk it, reschedule it or relocate it by Monday. "I'm having a heart attack," she said. The bride-to-be is scheduled to fly up on Thursday. It's not only the wedding hall the family is worried about. The Orangeburg hotel where many of the 87 guests planned to stay is also dark. "I'm stressed to the max," Babcock said. The dining room is set for a wedding with two replacement windows, center, that were installed after Superstorm Sandy struck Beckwith Pointe catering hall in New Rochelle. A Saturday NOVEMBER 3, 2012 WWW.LOHUD.COM 10A Briefs Christie pushes to restore power With colder temperatures and frustration setting in, New Jersey officials pushed harder Friday to get electricity restored to the state that was socked hard by Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Chris Christie announced that he would make public a list of when utility companies intend to restore power to each community. Even if they end up working faster or slower, he said, residents will have a sense of when they will have power restored so they can plan their lives a bit better. The power push comes as there are some hints of normalcy across the state four days after Sandy hit -- and some parts of daily life have become a struggle. Lines at gas stations in the northern half of the state became even longer -- some stalling drivers for hours. But New Jersey Transit said it would have more rail service restored in time for Monday. Casinos, schools are reopening Most of Atlantic City's casinos reopened. Most school districts decided to hold classes next Thursday and Friday, days previously reserved for the New Jersey Education Association's annual conference, which has been canceled because of the storm. Christie said that by Friday, 8,000 workers from out of state had joined the 10,000 based here to restore power. By Friday afternoon, about 1.5 million business and residential customers remained without electricity -- down from a peak of 2.7 million on Tuesday. Atlantic City Electric said it expected to have power restored to mainland customers by sometime late Friday night and to bring homes that are not too badly damaged back online by the end of the weekend. Christie said that the company's crews would then be able to move north to help the state's other utility companies. The push comes as temperatures have gotten chillier, with lows dipping into the 30s in many areas. Anger growing in Asbury Park In working-class Asbury Park, residents were getting angry Friday after four days without power and no visible response from utility crews or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, which opened its first two New Jersey offices Friday and planned to roll out more over the weekend. Businesses along Main Street were shuttered, and about three dozen people huddled outside a generatorpowered fire station, using extension cords and power strips to charge their cellphones. "This is better than wasting gas in the car trying to do it. I already ran out of gas once trying to do that," said Joe Wilson, 33, of nearby Neptune. Wilson, a self-employed nurse, said his family is running out of food. He usually sees 10 patients a day, but he has been unable to work since the storm because he can't get to his appointments. "There's no way I can make that up," he said. -- Associated Press James Traina climbs over the remains of his parents' house, which was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, on Friday in the Staten Island borough of New York. SETH WENIG/AP Staten Islanders: We were hit hardest, see least relief Traditional sense of isolation from mainland grows worse after storm By Meghan Barr Associated Press NEW YORK -- Gazing at her bungalow, swept from its foundation and tossed across the street, Janice Clarkin wondered whether help would ever come to this battered island off the coast of Manhattan. "Do you see anybody here?" she asked, resignation etched on her face. "On the news, the mayor's congratulating the governor, and the governor's congratulating the mayor. On what? People died." Staten Island was devastated beyond recognition by Superstorm Sandy and suffered the highest death toll of all of New York City's boroughs, including two young brothers who were swept from their mother's arms by the swirling sea and drowned. Yet days after the waters receded, residents feel ignored and forgotten. That sense of isolation is deeply rooted on the tight-knit community of Staten Island. Dazed survivors roamed Staten Island's sand-covered streets this week amid ruined bungalows sagging under the weight of water that rose to the rooftops. Their contents lay flung in the street: Mudsoaked couches, stuffed animals and mattresses formed towering piles of wreckage. Boats were tossed like toys into roadways. Aside from a few firetrucks scattered along the shore, there were no emergency or relief workers in sight. Residents washed their muddy hands with bottled water and handed out sandwiches to neighbors as they sifted through the soggy wreckage of their homes. Spray-pointed on the plywood that covered the first floor of one flooded home were the words: "FEMA CALL ME." Sticking together in the aftermath of the storm has kept Staten Islanders who lost everything from completely falling apart. Selfreliance is in their blood just as the island's very geography lends itself to a feeling of isolation from the mainland. The only way to get on or off is by car, bus or ferry. After the storm, residents who had evacuated had to wait until Wednesday to return, when the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge finally reopened to the public. Most of the deaths were clustered in beachfront neighborhoods exposed to the Atlantic Ocean along the island's southeastern shore, an area of cinderblock bungalows and condominiums. Many of these homes were built decades ago -- originally as summer cottages -- and were not constructed to withstand the power of a major storm. The storm has reopened old frictions among local officials who maintain that Staten Island's infrastructure remains inadequate and that it has little sway on City Council compared with the other, bigger boroughs. In 1997, Staten Islanders voted in favor of seceding from New York City and incorporating on its own, buoyed by a belief that the borough pays more in taxes than it receives in return and that it's typically put last on the list for city services. Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro suggested this week that people should not donate to the American Red Cross because the agency had neglected his borough. "We have hundreds of people in shelters throughout Staten Island," he said. "Many of them, when the shelters close, have nowhere to go because their homes are destroyed. These are not homeless people. They're homeless now." The controversy surrounding this weekend's New York City Marathon, which was canceled Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, had special FIGURE TO KNOW 19: Staten Islanders killed by Superstorm Sandy. resonance among Staten Islanders. The lucrative race begins on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and would have brought nearly 50,000 runners to an area not far from the Staten Island neighborhoods where people died. Resident George Rosado, 52, who spent two days scrubbing a thick layer of sludge from his tiled floors and was preparing to demolish the waterlogged walls of his home, found the idea repulsive. Except for a lone hospital van offering bottled water and power bars, Rosado had seen no federal, state or local agencies in his neighborhood. "Nothing, nothing," he said, choking back tears. "We're hit hard. Homes are washed away. People are dying. Look around. You hear anything? It's quiet." Without full power, NY aquarium considers evacuation By Michael Winter USA Today Unless power is restored soon, New York's flooded aquarium on Coney Island may have to relocate 12,000 creatures, including walruses, sharks, sea turtles, penguins and a giant octopus. No time frame was announced for a possible evacuation to other institutions, said a spokeswoman for the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the nation's oldest, continuously operating aquarium. "We are at a very critical period," she told Crain's New York Business. Superstorm Sandy sent the Atlantic Ocean crashing over the famous Brooklyn boardwalk and caused serious flooding to the aquarium, which is now closed indefinitely. Crews are working to restore filtration and other life-support systems. If they can't be re-established permanently, Crain's said, it is not clear where exactly the sealife would go or for how long. The spokeswoman did not know whether any of the more than 300 species on exhibit had died. A rescued walrus pup named Mitik, an orphaned walrus calf rescued off the coast of Alaska, sits on a table near his tank Oct. 11 at the New York Aquarium in the Brooklyn borough. JULIE LARSEN MAHER, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY/AP Mitik, which arrived from Alaska in September, did survive. Along the ravaged Jersey Shore, residents responded to an SOS from Jenkinson's Aquarium for gasoline and batteries to help keep its 1,800 sea creatures alive until power is restored, the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press reports. "We understand everybody is in desperate need, but we would be extremely grateful if anybody has gas and D batteries," said spokesman Toby Wolf, who noted that the staff is working round-the-clock. Members of the Association of Zoos and Aquar- iums are standing by to help. Among the 300 species at the privately owned facility, located on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach, are Atlantic sharks, Pacific sharks, coral reefs, penguins, alligators and seals. WP Saturday NOVEMBER 3, 2012 WWW.LOHUD.COM 14A Working from home in wake of Sandy is no fun for many Corporations just beginning to tally the costs of Sandy By Matthew Craft Associated Press NEW YORK -- Corporate America is just starting to add up its losses from Superstorm Sandy, expected to be one of the most expensive storms in U.S. history. Delta Air Lines and Verizon were two of the first major companies to formally indicate the obvious, saying Friday that they will lose money because of the storm. Delta had to cancel thousands of flights, while Verizon had cell towers blown out of commission and its offices flooded by the storm that thrashed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. The U.S. death toll has climbed past 90 in 10 states from the storm that ravaged coastal towns and left millions without electricity. Transportation around New York City slowed to a crawl in the days before the storm hit. Airlines stopped using the region's airports, causing a chain reaction of cancellations in other cities across the country. More than 20,000 flights were canceled, according to FlightStats. Delta Air Lines Inc., which is based in Atlanta, was the first of the major airlines to try to gauge the cost. The company said Friday it lost $45 million in sales from canceling more than 3,500 flights in the final days of October. Verizon Communications Inc. said Friday that it is still working to re- q q DOW 13,093.16 S&P 500 1,414.20 NASDAQ 2,982.13 -139.46 CRUDE OIL $84.86 -13.39 1,480 Close: 1,414.20 Change: -13.39 (-0.9%) 1,400 Associated Press NEW YORK -- 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 vending machine. Listening to birds chirp instead of the boss bark. But Superstorm Sandy has created legions of people who can't wait to get back to the office. They include parents who have struggled to juggle conference calls while their kids scream in the background. Also families who have fought for days over the use of a single home computer. And even executives who have conducted business with the only device they had with reliable Internet access: their smartphone. About one-third of American workers work from home at least occasionally, according to Forrester Research. But massive flooding, power outages, transit shutdowns and school closings that followed Sandy forced thousands more from North Carolina to Maine to do so this week. And many learned that it's not all it's cracked up to be. Michael Lamp, a social and digital media strategist who has been working out of his onebedroom apartment in Brooklyn because his office in Manhattan is closed, sums it up on his q q 6-MO T-BILLS .14% -37.93 30-YR T-BONDS 2.91% -2.23 Twitter page: "I'm getting sicker of it with every hour that passes. I might be slowly losing it." Lamp, who converted his coffee table into a desk, says he longs for face-to-face interaction with his colleagues at Hunter Public Relations. And he's finding it particularly difficult to share his workspace with his live-in partner. "I love him very much, but I would rather not see him 24 hours a day," says the 28-year-old, who proudly admits that he can't wait to greet his manager in the office. "I'm going to run to my boss's office and tell her I missed her face." Drew Kerr, a public relations specialist, also was n p ... +.01 eager to return to work Wednesday morning after losing power at his home in Westchester on Monday. A big challenge was keeping his two teenagers occupied. To prevent the family from getting cabin fever, Kerr went to a deli to charge up everyone's laptops. But the next morning, he decided he'd had enough of working from home. Trains were down, but he was determined to get to the office. So he woke up early, hopped into his car, and did just that. He even bought a bagel along the way. "It's just me and my bagel and a working computer," Kerr says. "It's nice to have heat. It's nice to have electricity." Close: 2,982.13 Change: -37.93 (-1.3%) 2,960 Foreign Exchange MAJORS CLOSE CH. USD per British Pound 1.6021 -.0104 Canadian Dollar .9956 -.0006 USD per Euro 1.2829 -.0110 Japanese Yen 80.42 +.24 Mexican Peso 13.0326 +.0030 6MO. 1YR. -.65% 1.6197 -.06% .9866 -.86% 1.3162 +.30% 80.17 +.02% 12.9322 %CH. 1.5967 1.0143 1.3765 78.06 13.5083 EUROPE/AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST Nasdaq composite 3,040 10 DAYS A passenger squeezes into an overcrowded bus intended to help ferry commuters, as subway systems below 34th Street in Manhattan remain offline on Friday. AP For updated stock quotes, send a text message with STOCKTICKER (e.g., MSFT) or FUNDTICKER (e.g., AGTHX) to 44636 (4INFO). 3,120 S&P 500 1,440 By Mae Anderson store services for many of its customers. It warned that Sandy could put a "significant" hit on its earnings. The New York-based company, however, cautioned that it's not yet possible to put a specific dollar figure on the costs. The corporate bill is sure to swell in the coming weeks as casinos, insurance companies and retailers tally the damage. On the flip side, companies such as Lowe's Cos. and The Home Depot Inc. could benefit as people load up on generators and other supplies needed for the rebuilding effort. And there are signs that some stricken businesses are coming back to life. Atlantic City's 12 casinos, closed in advance of the storm, start reopening Friday after Gov. Chris Christie gave them the OK. Retail stores, excluding restaurants, stood to lose at least $25 billion in sales during the week of the superstorm, according to Burt Flickinger III of the retail consultancy Strategic Resource Group. Because of the storm, he cut his forecast for holiday sales to a 2.1 percent increase over last year from the 3.2 percent increase he had predicted earlier. During their monthly sales reports on Thursday, Costco Wholesale Corp., Nordstrom, and Rite Aid all said they expected their November sales would suffer. 10 DAYS Israeli Shekel Norwegian Krone South African Rand Swedish Krona Swiss Franc 3.8922 5.7390 8.7774 6.7070 .9411 +.0156 +.40% +.0552 +.96% +.1315 +1.50% +.0479 +.71% +.0090 +.96% 3.7742 5.7442 7.7359 6.7400 .9132 3.6675 5.6594 7.9740 6.6055 .8832 1,500 3,200 Commodities 1,450 3,100 1,400 3,000 1,350 2,900 FUELS Crude Oil (bbl) Ethanol (gal) Heating Oil (gal) Natural Gas (mm btu) Unleaded Gas (gal) CLOSE 84.86 2.34 2.95 3.55 2.57 PVS. 87.09 2.40 3.03 3.70 2.63 %CH. -2.56 ... -2.83 -3.92 -2.28 %YTD -14.1 +6.4 +0.4 +18.9 -4.2 1,300 2,800 METALS Gold (oz) Silver (oz) Platinum (oz) Copper (lb) Palladium (oz) CLOSE 1674.10 30.84 1544.90 3.48 598.85 PVS. 1714.10 32.23 1573.20 3.56 611.65 %CH. -2.33 -4.32 -1.80 -2.03 -2.09 %YTD +6.9 +10.6 +10.4 +1.5 -8.7 1,250 M J J Stocks Recap NYSE Vol. (in mil.) Pvs. Volume Advanced Declined New Highs New Lows NASD 3,553 3,717 909 2098 155 40 1,778 1,824 652 1772 72 49 Local Stocks A DOW DOW Trans. DOW Util. NYSE Comp. NASDAQ S&P 500 S&P 400 Wilshire 5000 Russell 2000 S 2,700 O HIGH 13289.45 5195.90 475.13 8339.78 3033.85 1434.27 1005.62 15007.67 830.55 LOW 13076.57 5110.06 469.27 8229.41 2981.69 1412.91 987.80 14784.68 814.34 52-WK RANGE NAME TICKER 52LO 52HI CLOSE Acadia Rlty Tr AKR 18.28 0 26.05 25.69 Acorda Therapeutics ACOR 20.24 5 27.74 23.73 Atlas Air Worldwide AAWW 32.64 5 57.00 44.77 Avon Products AVP 14.45 1 23.58 15.20 BioScrip Inc BIOS 5.05 9 9.80 9.08 Bunge Ltd BG 55.64 0 71.99 71.98 CMS Bancorp Inc CMSB 6.50 6 9.20 8.00 Cablevision Systems CVC 10.76 8 18.86 16.94 Capital One Fncl COF 39.30 0 61.41 61.40 Citigroup C 23.30 0 38.72 37.60 Coca-Cola Ent CCE 24.20 9 32.55 31.29 Con Edison ED 56.07 4 65.98 59.20 Drew Industries DW 19.91 0 32.56 31.68 Entergy ETR 62.97 8 74.50 71.23 GAMCO Investors GBL 38.69 8 52.32 48.56 Gannett Co GCI 10.29 8 19.99 17.15 HSBC Holdings PLC HBC 35.37 0 50.46 49.90 Hitachi HIT 50.31 9 66.99 63.70 Home Depot HD 34.58 0 63.20 62.02 Hubbell B HUB/B 56.86 9 87.37 84.08 Hudson Tech HDSN 1.22 8 4.40 3.70 IBM IBM 177.06 5 211.79 193.43 JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM 28.28 8 46.49 42.42 Jarden Corp JAH 28.66 9 55.77 50.96 Jones Group (The) JNY 8.13 7 13.98 11.74 Keycorp KEY 6.60 8 9.12 8.37 MBIA Inc MBI 7.10 5 13.50 9.72 MELA Sciences MELA 2.50 2 6.05 2.99 MVC Capital Inc MVC 10.88 6 13.39 12.20 Mack Cali Realty CLI 24.16 4 29.80 26.22 Macy's Inc M 28.69 9 42.17 40.61 MasterCard Inc MA 333.36 9 486.08 469.45 Mondelez Intl MDLZ 22.31 7 28.48 26.28 Morgan Stanley MS 12.26 7 21.19 17.78 NavgGp NAVG 41.67 9 54.22 51.95 M CLOSE 13093.16 5110.17 469.78 8234.91 2982.13 1414.20 987.80 14794.52 814.37 1YR CHG %CHG %RTN +.05 +0.2 +32.7 -.16 -0.7 +14.8 -.78 -1.7 +22.7 -.57 -3.6 -5.5 -.13 -1.4 +48.3 +.40 +0.6 +19.0 +.01 +0.1 +5.4 -.52 -3.0 +24.8 ... ... +40.7 -.35 -0.9 +30.3 -.44 -1.4 +24.1 -.53 -0.9 +8.9 -.32 -1.0 +34.9 -1.12 -1.5 +11.4 -.51 -1.0 +18.1 -.11 -0.6 +61.9 -.45 -0.9 +24.6 ... ... +23.1 -.24 -0.4 +78.4 -2.02 -2.3 +52.5 -.18 -4.6 +187.4 -3.72 -1.9 +10.5 -.42 -1.0 +34.5 -.33 -0.6 +64.4 -.05 -0.4 +9.0 -.13 -1.5 +26.8 -.25 -2.5 +19.8 -.13 -4.2 -42.1 -.20 -1.6 +4.5 -.09 -0.3 +4.2 +.09 +0.2 +37.1 +.76 +0.2 +40.6 -.52 -1.9 +23.6 +.17 +1.0 +9.7 -.82 -1.6 +20.4 J CHG. -139.46 -57.32 -3.15 -76.45 -37.93 -13.39 -15.77 -149.04 -13.48 J %CHG. -1.05% -1.11% -0.67% -0.92% -1.26% -0.94% -1.57% -1.00% -1.63% A WK t s t s t s s s s S MO QTR YTD t t +7.17% s s +1.80% t t +1.10% t s +10.14% t s +14.47% t s +12.45% t s +12.36% t s +12.17% t s +9.91% P/E DIV NAME 57 0.72 Nokia Corp cc ... Northeast Cmty Bncp 11 ... 56 0.24m Novartis AG 6 ... PepsiCo 12 1.08 dd ... Pfizer Inc 19 0.60 Presidntl Life 11 0.20 Prestige Brands 12 0.04 13 0.64 Progenics Pharma 16 2.42 Provident NY Bancorp 22 ... 10 3.32 Regeneron Pharm 18 0.20f SL Green Rlty 9 0.80 Sears Holdings Corp 2.05r ... Siemens AG 22 1.16 Simon Property Gp 17 1.64 14 ... Starwood Hotels 13 3.40 TAL International Gp 9 1.20 15 ... Teva Pharm cc 0.20 Tompkins Financial 8 0.20 Toronto Dom Bk 5 ... dd ... UPS class B q 0.54f Unitedhealth Group 32 1.80 13 0.80 Verizon Comm 28 dd 16 O 1.20 Watson Pharm 0.52 WellPoint Inc 0.20 ... Wells Fargo & Co TICKER NOK NECB Interest Rates PRIME RATE 3.25 YEST 3.25 FED FUNDS .13 YEST .13 6 MO AGO 6 MO AGO 1 YR AGO 1 YR AGO 3.25 .13 TREASURIES YEST NET PVS CHG 1YR AGO 3-month T-bill 6-month T-bill 52-week T-note 2-year T-note 5-year T-note 10-year T-note 30-year T-bond .09 .14 .21 .28 .72 1.72 2.91 0.09 0.14 0.22 0.28 0.74 1.73 2.90 ... ... -0.01 ... -0.02 -0.01 +0.01 .01 .03 .15 .24 .92 2.07 3.12 52-WK RANGE 52LO 52HI CLOSE 1.63 3 7.07 2.80 5.00 1 1YR CHG %CHG %RTN -.05 -1.8 -52.0 P/E DIV 0.26e 7.29 5.18 ... ... -11.0 52 0.12 NVS 51.20 8 64.07 60.66 -.17 -0.3 +14.5 15 2.46e PEP 61.56 7 73.66 69.05 -.39 -0.6 +15.0 18 2.15 PFE 18.15 9 26.09 24.55 ... ... +31.5 15 0.88 PLFE 8.59 0 14.05 13.98 ... ... +54.5 23 0.25 PBH 8.40 0 20.92 20.85 +.25 +1.2 +104.6 28 ... PGNX 2.38 1 11.34 2.75 -.02 -0.7 -55.6 dd ... PBNY 6.10 8 9.13 -.11 -1.2 +46.1 20 0.24 9.92 REGN 49.58 9 166.39 143.50 -2.87 -2.0 +166.3 74 ... SLG 60.01 7 85.74 77.46 +1.35 +1.8 +15.8 50 1.00 SHLD 28.89 7 85.90 63.94 -.60 -0.9 -7.9 dd SI 77.88 8 108.95 101.85 -.16 -0.2 +4.3 115.21 9 164.17 155.75 +3.20 +2.1 +25.0 31 4.40f -.15 -0.3 +8.1 17 1.25f SPG HOT 0.33t 4.04e 43.34 5 61.09 51.57 TAL 24.61 5 42.00 33.16 -.69 -2.0 +32.7 8 2.48f TEVA 36.88 5 46.65 41.49 +.18 +0.4 +7.7 12 0.99e TMP 35.82 6 43.13 39.96 -.54 -1.3 +12.1 16 1.52f TD 65.20 9 86.56 82.60 +.60 +0.7 +18.8 3.08f UPS 66.46 5 81.79 73.48 -.42 -0.6 +11.0 19 2.28 UNH 43.42 8 60.75 56.05 -.90 -1.6 +24.8 11 0.85 VZ 35.17 7 48.77 44.52 -.62 -1.4 +29.3 41 2.06f WPI 55.00 0 90.00 86.73 -.98 -1.1 +32.7 71 ... WLP 52.52 4 74.73 61.14 -.59 -1.0 -5.9 8 1.15 WFC 23.19 8 36.60 33.74 -.32 -0.9 +40.7 11 0.88 Dividend Footnotes: a - Extra dividends were paid, but are not included. b - Annual rate plus stock. c - Liquidating dividend. e - Amount declared or paid in last 12 months. f - Current annual rate, which was increased by most recent dividend announcement. i - Sum of dividends paid after stock split, no regular rate. j - Sum of dividends paid this year. Most recent dividend was omitted or deferred. k - Declared or paid this year, a cumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m - Current annual rate, which was decreased by most recent dividend announcement. p - Initial dividend, annual rate not known, yield not shown. r - Declared or paid in preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t - Paid in stock, approximate cash value on ex-distribution date. PE Footnotes: q - stock is a closed-end fund - no P/E ratio shown. cc - P/E exceeds 99. dd -loss in last 12 months. Paul Costiglio, another Westchester resident who lost power Monday, also misses the office. While at home, he had to commandeer the family's sole laptop so he could use it for his job as the director of communications for the New Rochelle School District. He explained to his children -- ages 5, 7 and10 -- that "Daddy needs it for work." Then, later, Costiglio, his wife and kids huddled around the laptop in the dark and cold to watch movies such as "Spy Kids 3." Costiglio says while he's eager to return to work, he's not the only one: "My oldest (child) even said she'd rather be in school than home without power." 171,000 new jobs; unemployed rate 7.9% By Christopher S. Rugaber Associated Press WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October, and hiring was stronger in August and September than first thought. The solid job growth showed that the economy is strengthening slowly but consistently. The unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent in September. That was mainly because many more people began looking for work, and not all of them found jobs. The government uses a separate survey to calculate the unemployment rate, and it counts people without jobs as unemployed only if they're looking for one. Friday's report was the last major snapshot of the economy before Tuesday's elections. It's unclear what political effect the report might have. By now, all but a few voters have made up their minds, particularly about the economy, analysts say. Since July, the economy has created an average of 173,000 jobs a month. That's up from 67,000 a month from April through June. Still, President Barack Obama will face voters with the highest unemployment rate of any incumbent since Franklin Roosevelt and higher than the 7.8 percent on Inauguration Day. The work force -- the number of people either working or looking for work -- rose by 578,000 in October. And 410,000 more people said they were employed. The difference is the reason the unemployment rate rose. The government revised August's job gains from 142,000 to 192,000 and September's from 114,000 to 148,000.