• Engineers Test Balloon to Keep Tunnels from Flooding
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   November 20, 2012
• The three-minute procedure was the latest test of a device that may someday help guard real tunnels during disasters like Hurricane Sandy, whose wind-driven surge of water overwhelmed New York City’s subway system, shutting it down for days.

• New York City to Demolish Hundreds of Homes Hit by Sandy
• Source: New York Times   |   New York City   |   November 19, 2012
• New York City is moving to demolish hundreds of homes in the neighborhoods hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy, after a grim assessment of the storm-ravaged coast revealed that many structures were so damaged they pose a danger to public safety and other buildings nearby.

• Nationwide Cybersecurity Competition Shows Off High School Students' Skills
• Source: Washington Post   |   Fairfax County, Va.   |   November 19, 2012
• Since its inception in 2009, the CyberPatriot competition has grown in popularity among teenagers who see computer security as a promising future career.

• Utah Immigration Court Backlogged for Over a Year
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   November 19, 2012
• Utah’s immigration court has been stretched so thin since Judge Dustin Pead left in August to become a federal magistrate, several local attorneys say their pending cases have been pushed back well into 2014.

• ACLU Sues U.S. over Mandatory Jail Time for Immigration Detainees
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   Nation   |   November 19, 2012
• The ACLU claims the government unnecessarily incarcerates deportation candidates even if they are documented citizens and pose no flight risk or threat.

• Obama Selects HUD Director to Lead Sandy Recovery
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   New York   |   November 16, 2012
• Housing and Urban Development Director Shaun Donovan has been chosen to lead the federal government's assistance to states rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, President Obama announced after touring parts of New York.

• Federal Illegal Immigration Strategy Shifting
• Source: Raleigh News & Observer   |   Nation   |   November 16, 2012
• Federal officials are scaling back a program that enlists the aid of local police and sheriff’s offices to identify people who are in the country illegally, in favor of a national program that uses fingerprints collected by the FBI.

• Cybersecurity Act Fails a 2nd Time in U.S. Senate
• Source: The Hill   |   Nation   |   November 15, 2012
• Wednesday's vote marks a bitter end for the cybersecurity bill and kicks any legislative action on the matter on to next year.

• In Wake of Sandy, New York Gov. Orders Investigation of Utilities
• Source: AP/Businessweek   |   New York   |   November 14, 2012
• New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered an investigation into how utility companies prepared for and reacted to Superstorm Sandy, which knocked out power to more than 2 million customers and left some without electricity for two weeks and counting.

• New York Gov. Cuomo to Seek $30B for Storm Relief from Feds
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   November 12, 2012
• Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s request would exceed the roughly $12 billion in federal disaster aid available without action from Congress, where there is likely to be opposition to additional spending.

• Gas Rationing Begins in New York City
• Source: Businessweek   |   New York City   |   November 9, 2012
• The city and Nassau and Suffolk counties today joined New Jersey in an odd-even system for fueling based on license plate numbers.

• Nor'easter Complicates Recovery Efforts in Sandy-Hit Region
• Source: CNN   |   East Coast   |   November 8, 2012
• First it was Superstorm Sandy. Now a nor'easter is whipping the region, and is dumping snow and zapping power lines from Delaware to Maine.

• New York's Emergency Office Chief Fired for Misusing Workers in Hurricane
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   November 8, 2012
• Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has dismissed his chief of emergency management after learning that he deployed government workers to clear a tree at his Long Island home during Hurricane Sandy.

• New York, New Jersey Rush to Help Storm Victims Vote
• Source: New York Times   |   Northeast   |   November 6, 2012
• New Jersey and New York both said they would allow voters uprooted by Hurricane Sandy to cast provisional ballots anywhere in their states. But the provisional ballots could not be used in local and Congressional races.

• Gas Rationing Plan Draws Praise in New Jersey
• Source: USA Today   |   New Jersey   |   November 6, 2012
• Under the rationing system, motorists whose license plates end with an even number fill up on even-numbered days, and the opposite is true for those whose plates end with an odd number.