drudge@drudgereport.com
Regarding your front page blurb re: the closing of NYC subways during the RNC:
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FLASH: Kerry stated: 'That's why they had to close down the subway in New York when the Republican Convention was there.' (Driving home point that Bush as not done enough to protect the country.)
The NYC subway did not close at all during the convention, according to a report on cable outlet NY1, even though Penn station was shut for several hours...
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This is not true.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced numerous service changes and restrictions affecting Penn Station, which lies beneath Madison Square Garden and serves as a major hub for city subways, commuter trains from Long Island and New Jersey, and Amtrak trains from the Northeast Corridor as well as points west. Many entrances were shut down, and Midtown street closings forced city buses and nonofficial vehicle traffic to be rerouted, causing congestion on many thoroughfares.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/politics/campaign/30CND-PROT.html?ex=1096776000&en=f06e4ac94e8d70d5&ei=5070&oref=loginThe convention's security plan will essentially close the area around Madison Square Garden to the public. Commuters leaving Penn Station will be channeled to a pedestrian corridor down 32nd Street toward Avenue of the Americas. A barricaded lane will be set up in front of the convention site on Seventh Avenue.
During the convention, the two exits on the Eighth Avenue side of the terminal will be sealed off. In fact, six of the eight entrances to the station will be closed. The two remaining open will be the main entrance on Seventh Avenue at 32nd Street and the Long Island Rail Road entrance on 34th Street just west of Seventh.
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/columnists/ny-nysub083884309jul08,0,7308048.column?coll=ny-ny-columnists