News Clip: Most in Battery Park City sought safer ground

09/01/2011 in

The Villager

In the emergency preparations for Hurricane Irene, Lower Manhattan was seen as one of the city’s low-lying areas at greatest risk for a major hit and flooding. Anticipating the worst, many Downtown residents heeded Mayor Bloomberg’s warnings and evacuated.

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