To: Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Postpone the NY Marathon; All Resources to Sandy Recovery
The New York Marathon is a great tradition, but now is not the time. Postpone the marathon and open up scarce resources and roadway to Hurricane Sandy relief.
Why is this important?
It's been less than a week since one of the most devastating environmental disasters this country has ever seen. Hundreds of thousands in New York and the surrounding area are struggling without electricity, food, clean water and transportation. This is the worst of all times to have 50,000 people going to New York, disrupting its transportation and diverting its resources from people who direly need them. Postpone the New York Marathon.