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Rapid flooding forced overnight evacuation of NYU Med Center

Evacuation NYU during Sandy

The rapid rise of flood waters that overwhelmed emergency generators forced New York University (NYU)’s Langone Medical Center to evacuate some 260 patients overnight as New York City was being pounded by Hurricane Sandy. According to CNN, water began to pour into the basement, lower floors and elevator shafts of…

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Voting machine design blamed for New York’s 60,000 lost ballots

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It wasn’t voter fraud that caused 60,000 ballots to be tossed from the 2010 election in New York – it was poorly designed voting machines. According to a study from the New York University’s Brennan School for Justice, the new optical voting system confused voters so much that they ended…

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