damn im glad im not in new york.....

[Geor!]

I feel bad for them having that shithead of a mayor. Motherfucker moved supplies destined for Staten Island (the hardest hit in NYC) to Manhattan for the fucking Marathon.

[Sean88gt]

Wonder if Romney will carry the north east now?

[bcoop]

Marathon has been cancelled.

[Tyrone Biggums]

Wonder if Romney will carry the north east now?

Let's hope so.

[Forever_frost]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg bowed to public pressure today and canceled Sunday's running of the 2012 ING New York Marathon.

The mayor's action came amid an outcry that the event would take away from efforts to help thousands of New Yorkers who are without power or homeless because of superstorm Sandy.

"While holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort, it is clear that it has become the source of controversy and division," the mayor said in a statement. "The marathon has always brought our city together and inspired us with stories of courage and determination. We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it."

He added, "We cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event – even one as meaningful as this – to distract attention away from all the critically important work that is being done to recover from the storm and get our city back on track."
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Bloomberg had been consulting this evening with the New York Road Runners, the organization behind the annual race this evening.

Previously, the marathon started at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, one of the hardest hit communities in New York City. More than 80,000 residents were still without power and many remained homeless. At least 19 people also died on Staten Island because of Sandy.

"[New York] has to show that we are here and we are going to recover," he said during a news conference earlier this week, "[and] give people something to cheer about in what's been a very dismal week for a lot of people."

Today, however, Tweets blasting the decision to proceed with the marathon had increased from about 10,000 Tweets to more than 50,000.

"Worst storm ever. No electricity. No gas. No subways. Hey, let's host a marathon!!!!" Tweeted Justin Stangel.

"Bodies still being found on Staten Island, people eating from dumpsters in Brooklyn, but the Marathon gets generators & food trucks? WTF?" Tweeted CatsPolitics.

Even city officials criticized the decision, with Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro calling it "crazy" and City Council President Christine Quinn, a Bloomberg loyalist, stating: "The decision to move forward with the marathon is not a decision I would have made."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/york-city-marathon-canceled-sunday/story?id=17629506

[Frank]

How the hell can they say "While holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort..."? Idiots!

[stephen4785]

Obama hates white people.

[Broncojohnny]

I have no sympathy for the able bodied adults crying all over the TV.

[Stephen]

Obama hates white people.

He started the hurricane too!

[SMKR]

Those union workers yelling scabs at the workers who drove up from Alabama need to be beaten publicly

[Broncojohnny]

I just can't wait until Wednesday when the NYC wakes up and realizes Owebama lost the election. People are already shitting in the streets up there like it is Somalia, imagine a few more days and some anger thrown into the mix.

[Trip McNeely]

I can't imagine living there and having no guns to protect me from shit like this. I imagine looters are probably going crazy taking advantage of people.

[Captain Crawfish]

I just can't wait until Wednesday when the NYC wakes up and realizes Owebama lost the election. People are already shitting in the streets up there like it is Somalia, imagine a few more days and some anger thrown into the mix.

lmao I love the media pics of Obama up there. funny how there were no pics of him in the situation room when our embassy was getting blasted by mortars! nope he hit the snooze on that one

[ceyko]

I'll say this and I said it about Katrina, this really should just be a blip on the POTUS RADAR in my opinion. *I* was not pissed that Bush did not go out for photo ops when Katrina happened. He can be fully aware and involved from updates via the minions whose job it IS to be on-site...etc..etc.

[JPM]

Union

I'm not sure how I would have reacted if the local union workers had rejected the help of able-bodied poleline workers while I sat powerless and my children sleeping in the cold at night.