Mayor Bloomberg Updates New Yorkers on City’s Response to Hurricane Irene, August 28, 2011

As City Surveys Damage in Hardest Hit Zones, Evacuation Order is Lifted as of 3PM EDT Today

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2011 – UPDATE 3 PM EDT.  The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered this afternoon at One Police Plaza:

“I just wanted to report, I drove around the coastal areas in Manhattan and Brooklyn to survey the storm damage this morning. I visited a shelter at FDR High School in Brooklyn where…