Calls to Cancel NYC Marathon

TOO SOON?

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 3:04PM EDT / Published Nov. 02, 2012 7:35AM EDT

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New Yorkers have started a petition to cancel the New York City Marathon on Sunday, less than one week after the devastating Hurricane Sandy brought the city to its knees and with many areas still struggling with no power. The race kicks off in Staten Island, the borough that many say was hardest hit, and has felt forgotten in the recovery efforts. The New York City Marathon is one of the world's largest, and it brings in hundreds of millions of dollars for the city. Mayor Michael Bloomberg insisted at a press conference on Thursday that "the city is a city and we have to go on."

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Calls to Cancel NYC Marathon

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