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Have no fear, the NYC marathon will go on

Posted: Nov 2, 2012

NEW YORK -- Inspiring or inappropriate? New Yorkers and runners from around the world debated whether a marathon should be run with disaster for a backdrop.

The New York City Marathon is a go for Sunday, with many logistical questions to be answered......

Runners like Josh Maio felt torn about whether the race should go on. "It pulls resources and focus away from people in need," said Maio, who dropped out due to an injury but is coaching about 75 runners.

He agrees the race is a boost to local businesses hurt by the storm - it brings an estimated $340 million to the city - but is uncomfortable with devoting so much attention to an "extracurricular" event.

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I saw on the NY news this morning that they are diverting police and generators for the runner's event. I haven't been able to verify this, though.

Update:

The decision to hold the race continued to stir debate among local politicans.

Staten Island councilman James Oddo posted on his Facebook page that no resources should be diverted from the community to the marathon. He said he had a "respectful" conversation with Bloomberg but wasn't backing down from his position.

"It's a very difficult sell partly because up until this morning it seemed the rest of the world didn't know how broken Staten Island was," Oddo said Thursday. "The notion that we would possibly divert resources from this mission to have police stand behind a barricade (for the race) doesn't compute with me."

"We're saying postpone it for a week. If that means if we shed some of those (thousands of) runners, I'm sorry. Right now I think the focus should be on recovery.

And check out this video from abcnews

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/superstorm-hurricane-sandy-york-city-ing-marathon-2012-17615367

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I agree that it shouldn't go on. - kat

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Many New Yorkers are still without power or even water. I don't understand the reasoning behind holding the marathon this Sunday.

OTOH, why not? Long Island complains, NYC greases the works with - more aid, and it goes on. Not like it didn't

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always cost the city millions each year and wasn't always very inconvenient for everyone but the handful of people actually participating. Yet they do it. :)

Here's why not - backwards typist

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I didn't do only 10% because this article was too important. Though it IS an opinion post, it's important to note that not everyone is in sync with this marathon still being held. (Note to moderator - The curses in this article are from the author, not me).

Marathon is power mad!
Last Updated: 1:44 AM, November 2, 2012
Posted: November 02, 2012
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers huddle in the dark each night after the most devastating storm in city history — while two massive generators chug away in Central Park and a third sits idle waiting to power a media center during Sunday’s NYC Marathon.

Like hell.

Those generators could power 400 homes on Staten Island or the Rockaways or any storm-wracked neighborhood in the city certain to be suffering the after-effects of Hurricane Sandy on Sunday morning.

Shouldn’t they come first? Shouldn’t the race just be canceled?

Damned straight.

But Mayor Mike’s trademark Manhattan myopia is back: While ravaged outer-borough New Yorkers shiver in the dark, he declares the race will go on.

(Can anyone say “Christmas Blizzard?”)

As The Post reports today, the industrial-strength generators have been set up to power a marathon tent.

Meanwhile, NYPD vehicles — and cops themselves — were diverted yesterday to race duty. More than a dozen flatbed trucks used to shuttle people and supplies to and from devastated areas were dispatched to help put up . . . spectator barriers.

Meanwhile, the notion that so much as a flashlight battery would be devoted to a sporting event is outrageous.

As for the generators, two 300kW models and a 200kW backup are plunked down near the old Tavern on the Green.

But Staten Island needs backing up, thank you very much. And Breezy Point. And so on.

Sure, the generators are privately owned. The Road Runners Club has rented them.

But they belong elsewhere. Bloomberg, or Gov. Cuomo, must simply demand that they be hauled off to where they are needed. Let the lawyers sort it out later. Would Rudy Giuliani have put up with such nonsense? Not for a second — he’d have made his move and dared the Roadrunners to object.

They never would — because lives are at stake. As is the organization’s reputation.

And not a single cop, firefighter or EMS technician should be reassigned to the race while the emergency persists.

“There’ve been thousands of people who have been displaced. There are people who are cold, who are hungry, who are without a place to go,” said state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-SI).

There are people still trapped. Yet we’re talking about marathons.

Look, we understand the race really matters. It’s a money pump for the economy, and contributes to the city’s image as a world-class municipality. And Bloomberg claims it won’t divert resources from storm relief.

Fact is, too many folks have already been denied basics, thanks to race preparations.

Fact is, at least 40 people died in New York City during the storm. It’s time to hang black crepe on the municipal seal and mourn for a decent interval. Certainly every last New Yorker who was displaced by Sandy needs to be restored — to the extent possible — before the games begin again.

Bloomberg needs to get those generators out of the park and sent where they belong.

He needs to cancel the race. He needs to get his priorities straight. Again.

See article:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/cancel_the_marathon_y0MwRNmfEW6PvT3pEgyk3J

Well, not that I give a hoot, but here's a more balanced - article from the NY Times. People have brought

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their wallets with them from around the globe, and NY's going to need the money.

Question to me is not the APPEARANCE of holding a marathon while people are still dragging mattresses to the curb, but how much in resources are actually diverted from real need. Obviously there are various costs and benefits, various tradeoffs.

"Lt. Larry Quinn, of the New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation, said he left Long Island at 5:30 Thursday morning and arrived at the Javits Convention Center at 9 a.m. After battling traffic into the city, he and other volunteers unpacked cardboard boxes of T-shirts, sweatshirts and baseball hats to sell. The proceeds go to the charity, which supports treatment for burn victims and research.

â��We got guys sleeping on cots and working long hours,â�� Quinn said. â��A lot of firemen live in Breezy Point, and their homes are gone.â��

He paused, holding a T-shirt in his hand. â��But weâ��re a nonprofit,â�� he said. â��We need the money that we raise here for the foundation. We support the marathon.â��

NY Times more balanced article? LOL nm - backwards typist

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A Post editorial? When there are so many respectable - articles to choose from? nm

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