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MONDAY , JANUARY 29 , 2018
WELCOME TO PELOSI CRITICIZED OVER SENATORS URGE CONGRESS
METRO.US IMMIGRATION COMMENT TO PROTECT MUELLER
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Sen. Joe Manchin, a Manchin, a West Virginian and C ongress should revisit that the Republican president
MORGAN ROUSSEAU, MANAGING EDITOR moderate Democrat, said on a leader of a bipartisan Senate proposed legislation de- had told the top White House
According to the so-called Doomsday Sunday he thought a new group working on immigra- signed to protect special lawyer to order Justice Depart-
Clock, which last week ticked forward 30 White House immigration plan tion. Manchin’s comments counsel Robert Mueller after ment offi cials to fi re Mueller.
seconds, the world is now a mere two was a good starting point, and highlighted diff erences among President Donald Trump tried to “I’ve got legislation protecting
minutes away from the apocalypse. But he criticized House Demo- Democrats ahead of a Feb. 8 fi re him last year while he inves- Mr. Mueller, and I’d be glad
how likely is a real doomsday scenario? cratic leader Nancy Pelosi for deadline for the U.S. Congress tigated the Trump campaign’s to pass it tomorrow,” Graham
We caught up with an expert who says dismissing it as a way to “make to pass another spending bill ties with Russia, two Republican told the ABC News “This Week”
we shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss fears America white again.” “We and try to reach an immigra- senators said on Sunday. In program. On CNN’s “State of
of a nuclear attack. Read inside for his don’t need that type of rhetoric tion agreement that would separate television interviews, the Union,” Sen. Collins said: “It
insights and for tips on how to survive on either side, from Nancy, protect up to 1.8 million illegal Sens. Susan Collins and Lindsey certainly wouldn’t hurt to put
in an “end of days” situation, and visit [Republican House Speaker] immigrants brought to the U.S. Graham expressed dismay that extra safeguard in place,
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ATM MAKERS WARN OF CONGRESSMAN: TRADE DOOMSDAY CLOCK
‘JACKPOTTING’ HACK REP HAS HOPE FOR NAFTA
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist has moved the Doomsday Clock
toward midnight, marking an increase in danger from looming global
threats like nuclear war and climate change. What eff ect do you think
4 5 this will have on political fi gures around the world?
Diebold Nixdorf Inc. and years, though it is unclear how Trade Representative little sign of agreement on U.S. 40
NCR Corp., two of the much cash has been stolen because Robert Lighthizer is hopeful proposals to overhaul the $1.2 36% They will now make a serious eff ort
world’s largest ATM makers, victims and police often do not about talks to renegotiate trillion pact. The U.S. is open to 32% to make the world safer — 10%
have warned that cybercriminals disclose details. The companies the North American Free Trade the idea of extending the NAFTA
They will do a lot of talking, but
are targeting U.S. cash machines confi rmed to Reuters that they had Agreement but realizes a great talks, Reichert indicated. The 22% not much will be done — 36%
with tools that force them to sent out the alerts. NCR said that deal of work remains, Republican negotiations are supposed to wrap
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spit out cash in hacking schemes the cases were the fi rst confi rmed Congressman Dave Reichert said up by the end of March. President They won’t do anything about
known as “jackpotting.” The two “jackpotting” losses in the United on Sunday after a briefi ng. Offi cials Donald Trump, who blames the this — 32%
ATM makers did not identify any States. It said its equipment had from the U.S., Canada and Mexico 1994 treaty for job losses and a 10%
victims or say how much money not been targeted in the recent at- will wrap up the sixth of seven big trade defi cit with Mexico, has Other/Not sure — 22%
had been lost. Jackpotting has tacks, but that it was still a concern planned rounds of talks on NAFTA repeatedly threatened to withdraw
been rising worldwide in recent for the entire ATM industry. in Montreal on Monday, with unless major changes are made. 0 YOUGOV
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Should you actually be worried
about a nuclear attack on the US?
But are those worries larger, nuclear weapons.
KRISTIN TOUSSAINT warranted, and are we “There were 10, 15
[email protected] actually at risk of facing a megaton warheads
nuclear attack? pointed at New York City
An expert from the “We are,” said Dr. Ir- alone,” during the Cold
National Center for win Redlener, director of War, Redlener said. “That
the National Center for was game-changing for
Disaster Prepared-
Disaster Preparedness. the human race. There
ness sheds light “The main thing about it would have been no cure.
on the threat of though, is it’s entirely dif- We wouldn’t have needed
ferent from the scenario to plan on what we’d do
nuclear war.
during the Cold War.” to recover.”
The  National Center Now, in our tense rela-
The false missile alarm for Disaster Preparedness tions with North Korea,
that recently panicked at Columbia University is he continued, we’re deal-
Hawaii was not the first an “academic think tank ing with a single warhead
thing to spark a growing with a practical agenda,” in the kiloton range of
concern of nuclear attack Redlener explained, aim- power (a kiloton is 1,000
among Americans. ing to improve how we all tons of blast energy, while
People across the po- handle natural disasters, a megaton is 1 million). A nuclear “fallout shelter” sign and American fl ag next to the Manhattan Municipal Building in New York City. GETTY IMAGES
litical aisle have been in- from hurricanes to public “Those types of des-
creasingly worried about health emergencies to, tinations — yes they’re were to become a reality, “… we could have a nuclear
the possibility, as shown yes, a nuclear attack. nuclear, and many people say a nuclear missile hit- detonation … but nothing
both by spikes in Google A nuclear missile hear the word ‘nuclear’ ting New York City, about
searches  for terms like hitting the U.S. isn’t ex- and their rethinking Cold 75,000 people would be remotely resembling what
“how to survive a nuclear actly out of the realm War nuclear — but we killed in the initial blast.
would have happened in the
attack” and opinion polls. of possibility, but such could have a nuclear deto- That is certainly “horrific
Last Thursday, a panel an attack would not be nation in Hawaii, New beyond words,” Redle- Cold War.”
of scientists and scholars anywhere as devastating York, Florida that would ner said, “but it’s not like
moved the second hand as potential attacks dur- kill a lot of people, but the New York metro area Dr. Irwin Redlener
on the so-called Dooms- ing the Cold War. That’s nothing remotely resem- would be completely flat-
day Clock forward closer because those countries bling what would have tened, like in the old days.” should ignore the threat. doesn’t exactly mean to-
to midnight, symboli- that made up the “nu- happened in the Cold That doesn’t mean That attitude is a bad one tal destruction. You could
cally inching us toward an clear club” then were in War,” Redlener said. you should panic, but it to have, Redlener said, very well survive one, if
apocalypse.  possession of more, and If the current threat also doesn’t mean you because a nuclear attack you make a plan. 
DOOMSDAY CLOCK
How to survive a nuclear attack
Since 1953, the Doomsday making it the closest it has ever
Google searches for terms First, seek shelter. Distance yourself from Clock has never been closer been since 1953 when the United
like “how to survive a nu- “If an attack warning the explosion. to midnight States and the Soviet Union fi rst
clear attack” have spiked is issued, take cover “The more distance be- According to the Doomsday Clock, tested thermonuclear weapons
during Donald Trump’s as quickly as you can, tween you and the fallout the world is now just two minutes the year before.
presidency, specifically below ground if possible, particles, the better,” There are safety tips to follow in the from apocalypse. According to President and
concerning his comments and stay there until experts warned. event of a nuclear blast. On Thursday, the Bulletin CEO of the Bulletin of Atomic
on North Korea. instructed to do other- COURTESY OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY of Atomic Scientists made an Scientists Rachel Bronson, the
Experts warned that wise,” reads Ready.gov, a Wait it out. ADMINISTRATION/NEVADA SITE OFFICE adjustment to the Doomsday adjustment to the Clock has a lot
North Korea was now FEMA and Department “Fallout radiation loses Clock by pushing the second hand to do with the use of “reckless
more likely to launch a of Homeland Security its intensity fairly rap- two weeks, by which forward 30 seconds, marking the language” and tension concern-
missile at the U.S., which website created to help idly,” according to Ready. time it has declined to increasing likelihood of a global ing threats of nuclear warfare
begs the question: What people prepare for all gov. “Radioactive fallout about 1 percent of its catastrophe. The clock is now set from the U.S., North Korea and
can we do in the face of a sorts of disasters, includ- poses the greatest threat initial radiation level.” at just two minutes to midnight, Russia in 2017. LENYON WHITAKER
nuclear missile? ing a nuclear blast. to people during the first K RISTIN TOUSSAINT
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ANOTHER 30-YEAR
WAIT FOR COMPLETION
OF THE CROSS-HARBOR
FREIGHT TUNNEL?
There is only $70 million LARRY identify all the sources for
for advancing an environ- the estimated $29 billion
mental study along with PENNER to build a new tunnel for
preliminary design and New Jersey Transit and
engineering for the Cross- Analysis Amtrak known as the
Harbor Freight Tunnel “Gateway project” to gain
within the Port Authority Larry Penner is a additional access to Penn
of New York & New Jersey transportation historian and Station from New Jersey.
2017-2026 Capital Plan. advocate who previously Ditto for paying back the
This leaves a $9.930 bil- worked 31 years for the U.S. $1.6 billion federal and
lion shortfall to complete Department of Transportation. New York State Thruway
this project. Authority loans which
Manhattan-Brooklyn covered a majority of the
Congress member Jerald estimated $4 billion for
Nadler claims that there replacing the Tappan Zee
is real progress for his Bridge in Westchester.
favorite Cross-Harbor Any guess who will
Freight Tunnel project. find $10 billion or more
This doesn’t add up if needed for construction
you look at past history. of a new Cross-Harbor
This project has been Freight Tunnel? Neither
championed by Congress the Port Authority, Con-
member Nadler as his No. gress member Nadler
1 transportation priority federal National Environ- or Gov. Cuomo have yet
for almost 30 years. After mental Protect Act review to identify and secure
all that time, it has yet process. In theory, it the billions needed to
to progress beyond the might move thousands of fund final design and
trucks on a daily basis off engineering followed
the roads and on to rail- by construction. The
road tracks for significant Port Authority also
portions of the journey needs to find $7 billion
between New Jersey and toward the $10 billion
Long Island. total cost for a new Port
Construction of any Authority Bus Terminal
new freight, public trans- in midtown Manhattan
portation tunnel or bridge along with billions more
project can take years, if for other transportation
not decades, by the time investments. 
all feasibility studies, envi- There is also a po-
ronmental reviews, plan- tential serious conflict
ning, design, engineering, with the proposed $2
real estate acquisition, billion Triboro X (a new
permits, procurements, subway connecting the
construction, budgeting, Bronx with Queens and
identifying and securing Brooklyn). This route
funding is completed. would run parallel
This is before the project from the Cross-Harbor
reaches beneficial use. Freight Tunnel Bay Ridge,
Construction for the Brooklyn, terminus on to
Second Avenue subway Queens. This would result
began in the 1960s. (Bond in serious operational
money intended for this conflicts between freight
project in the 1950’s was and subway trains. The
spent elsewhere.) The first proposed Cross-Harbor
segment of three stations Freight Tunnel may be
between 63rd and 96th just another in the con-
Streets on the Upper East tinuing series of feasibil-
Side of Manhattan was ity studies and environ-
finally opened to the mental reviews sponsored
public on Jan. 1, 2017 at a by various governmental
cost of $4.5 billion. agencies and public of-
Construction for ficials over decades. They
the original tunnel to generate some money for
support bringing the consultants along with
Long Island Rail Road free publicity for elected
from Queens into Grand officials who promise a
Central Terminal began bright future but all too
in the 1960s. The latest often move on to another
completion date is now public office before de-
December 2023 with a livering. Taxpayers are
current cost of $10.8 bil- frequently left holding an
lion which could end up empty bag with unfilled
at $12 billion. No one can promises.
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The best neighborhoods in
NYC to grow your family
extra bedrooms. The MTA-operated Henry Hudson Bridge, which connects the Bronx to Manhat-
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borough for expanding
If it’s time for that your family as renters MTA: Cashless tolling
second (or third) are currently seeing the
smallest price jumps on reduced travel times, fuel
bedroom, you may
homes with an additional
want to read this bedroom. The median consumption, collisions
and — spoiler alert! asking rent for a two-bed-
room is 14 percent more
— consider moving
than that of a studio or
to Brooklyn. one-bedroom, as opposed According to new data “The initial results are
to a 32 percent jump in from the MTA, both mo- very encouraging,” MTA
Growing your family is Manhattan. torists and the environ- Chairman Joseph Lhota
a life-changer that often And though Brooklyn ment are benefitting from said.
comes with as many fi- has a lower inventory of According to StreetEasy, Brooklyn is the best borough to expand your family as the transition to cashless
nancial challenges as it two-bedrooms versus stu- renters are seeing the smallest jump on homes with an additional bedroom. I STOCK tolling at agency-run What is cashless
does happy moments, dios and one-bedrooms, bridges and tunnels. tolling?
especially here in New that drop in availability Sunset Park and Bedford- two-bedrooms compared Statistics gathered Open Road or cashless
York City when it’s time is the smallest of all the Stuyvesant also have “rel- to the studio and one-bed- from a full year at toll tolling allows drivers to
to look for that inevitable boroughs. Comparatively, atively affordable” two room inventory. plazas that switched from maintain speed limits
bigger apartment. Manhattan’s two-bed- bedrooms. If a three-bedroom traditional tollbooths because dedicated toll-
With 68 percent of city room availability is 56 Queens is second when home is what you need, to Open Road Cash- booths and toll lanes are
parents more likely to rent percent smaller than its it comes to upgrading to options drop considerably, less Tolling show fewer removed. Motorists are
than own, StreetEasy just inventory of studios and a two-bedroom from a with just six city neigh- collisions, a reduction charged by driving under
released a study that looks one-bedrooms. studio or one-bedroom, borhoods offering more in travel times and less a gantry that features
at the neighborhoods and StreetEasy’s study according to StreetEasy. three-bedrooms than two- congestion, as well as sensors and cameras to
boroughs that provide the found that Bushwick has Ridgewood, where an es- bedrooms: East New York, lower carbon emissions scan E-ZPass devices or
easiest — read: most wal- an abundant inventory timated one out of three Canarsie, Bayside, Ridge- due to the elimination of photograph license plates
let-friendly — transition of two-bedrooms, while households has kids, has wood, North New York idling vehicles, the MTA to issue a bill from Tolls
for parents ready for those East New York, Red Hook, double the amount of (Bronx) and West Harlem. announced Friday. By Mail. N IKKI M. MASCALI