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power failed. An official there said Thursday the hospital could be out of commission at least two more weeks.
• In New Jersey, 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.
• Commuter rail operator NJ Transit said it would have more service restored in time for the workweek to start Monday, most of Atlantic City's casinos reopened, and many 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.
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With can-do stance on marathon, mayor misreads NYC
AMY WESTFELDT,Associated Press
JENNIFER PELTZ,Associated Press
• NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to sell the New York City Marathon as a symbolic victory for the city after a devastating storm, invoking two of the biggest symbols of them all -- Rudy Giuliani and 9/11.
• The former mayor, Bloomberg said, made the right decision by holding the marathon less than two months after the 2001 terror attacks: "It pulled people together, and we have to find some ways to express ourselves and show our solidarity with each other."
• Then, he kept talking.
• "You have to keep going and doing things, and you can grieve, you can cry and you can laugh all at the same time," he said.
• And once again, the city cringed, hearing another false note that renewed familiar criticism that New York's billionaire businessman mayor is tone-deaf to suffering during a crisis. By the time the mayor changed course three hours later Friday and called off the world's largest marathon, he had already offended a passel of flood-weary New Yorkers.
• "He is clueless without a paddle to the reality of what everyone else is dealing with," fumed Joan Wacks, whose waterfront condo in Staten Island was under 4 feet of water. "He's supposed to be the mayor of all the city, but he's really the mayor of Manhattan."
• It was a rare reversal for Bloomberg, who's known for sticking by his decisions, however unpopular. He's built a reputation for being an efficient, independent- (Continued on page 34)
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