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by his front door during Sandy.
• As the water receded, men dressed in dark clothes broke down the door and were surprised to find him and other residents inside, he said.
• "They tried to say they were rescue workers, then took off," he said.
• He put up a handmade sign -- "Have gun. Will shoot U" -- outside his apartment and started using a bed frame to barricade the door. He has gas, so he keeps the oven on and boils water to stay warm at night.
• "It gets a little humid, but it's not bad," he said. "I'm staying. Nothing can be worse than what happened last week."
• Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said it wasn't wise to stay put. "I think your life is more important than property," he said.
• Police have arrested 123 people citywide since the storm blew in last week, 54 burglary arrests and 41 others stemming from gas line disputes, Kelly said. Most were in areas suffering from the storm.
• "You would think, under the circumstances, you would see much more," Kelly said. "We haven't seen that."
• Burglaries were up 6 percent citywide compared to the same period last year, but overall crime was down 27 percent, police said.
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AP News in Brief
Obama's lease renewed in trying economic times; 44th president still faces divided Congress
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- His lease renewed in trying economic times, President Barack Obama claimed a second term from an incredibly divided electorate and immediately braced for daunting challenges and progress that comes only in fits and starts.
• "We have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come," Obama said.
• The same voters who gave Obama another four years also elected a divided Congress, re-upping the dynamic that has made it so hard for the president to advance his agenda. Democrats retained control of the Senate; Republicans renewed their majority in the House.
• It was a sweet victory for Obama, but nothing like the jubilant celebration of four years earlier, when his hope-and-change election as the nation's first black president captivated the world. This time, Obama ground out his win with a stay-the- (Continued on page 36)
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