Edith Honan

Investigation launched into New York utilities after Sandy

August 22, 2019 at 11:52 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, frustrated with lengthy power outages since Superstorm Sandy, on Tuesday launched an investigation into the state's utilities, saying that failings exposed...

Sandy inspires first Doctors Without Borders U.S. relief effort

December 25, 2018 at 8:39 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan doctor Lucy Doyle has done stints with the global medical relief organization Doctors Without Borders in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya. But her...

Maryland, Maine, Washington approve gay marriage

August 23, 2021 at 10:10 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Voters in Maryland, Maine and Washington state approved same-sex marriage on Tuesday, marking the first time marriage rights have been extended to same-sex couples by popular...

Maryland, Maine, Washington approve gay marriage

August 22, 2019 at 11:45 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Voters in Maryland, Maine and Washington state approved same-sex marriage on Tuesday, marking the first time marriage rights have been extended to same-sex couples by popular...

New York City students back in schools after Sandy hiatus

August 23, 2021 at 10:02 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly a million New York public school students returned to class on Monday after a week at home following superstorm Sandy, although many wore extra layers...

Fight over gay rights milestone divides Maryland

August 22, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Ezekiel Jackson is black and his wife is white. As Jackson campaigns to legalize gay marriage in Maryland, he likens the plight of same-sex couples to that...

New York City students back in schools after Sandy hiatus

August 22, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly a million New York public school students returned to class on Monday after a week at home following superstorm Sandy, although many wore extra layers...

On Staten Island, cries for help replaced by a loss for words

December 24, 2018 at 6:19 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Hamden Ave, a storm-wrecked street on New York City's Staten Island, everyone was talking about the surge - a wall of water that came tearing...

A woman stands alone in water on Cedar Grove Avenue in a neighborhood where many houses were completely destroyed by storm surge flooding from Hurricane Sandy on the south side of the Staten Island section of New York City.

On Staten Island, cries for help replaced by a loss for words

November 3, 2021 at 9:09 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Hamden Ave, a storm-wrecked street on New York City's Staten Island, everyone was talking about the surge - a wall of water that came tearing...

New York state asks Washington to cover all storm costs

August 22, 2019 at 11:38 a.m.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York state on Wednesday asked the U.S. federal government to pay all the costs of cleaning up and repairing damage from massive storm Sandy that...

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