I sympathize with them. Thanks to unions, they’re being screwed for a longer period of time. At least, that’s one possible result, unless union workers are there to pick up the equipment and install it.
Ummm, why do you sympathize with them? After all, it was the good citizens of NY who voted in closed shop labor laws. Reap the whirlwind, something like that.....
I will make this comparison. Whatever damage Katrina did to New Orleans....which had no union issues....you can figure twice the amount of time to restore New Jersey and New York compared to New Orleans.
I’ll also suggest that a quarter of the Staten Island population will pack up within four weeks and leave permanently. They will collect their insurance check....look at the lack of support, lack of power, and quotes to repair what they have left, and then just give up.
By spring of 2013, New York papers will grasp the population shift and ask political figures to respond. Nothing much can be said. The union guys? They helped to make this population shift possible. Look for Staten Island to become like Memphis in the next ten years....just a low-lying region full of crime and corruption.