in the section called mont haven that was then and today the single poorest neighborhood of all south bronx which remains the poorest congressional district of all 235 districts in america. i thought i had seen poverty but i have seen nothing of the scale of four. readers ask me what have been to those children? did you keep in touch with them? how many survived? how many did not? and for those who did, how did they obtained the decent education? how far did it take them? where they doing now? some i am sad to say never did recover from the battering they underwent with the schools 10 or two exceptions the worst i have seen anywhere in the united states. they and the streets where the needle drugs and crack cocaine almost everywhere. three of the voices that suffered the most are no longer a live. one of them by a new him when he was eight years old. he finally killed himself with a bullet to his brain in a moment of despair. another killed himself intentionally with inherit -- overdose of heroin. another died by surfing on a subway train. riding on the tops under the tunnels of york his fr

as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid, destined obviously to be a poet. i was this big at 13 and i was a good rollerskater and the kids were amazed and they befriended me. after a while, they recognized that i had some sort of athletic ability and because i was so spaced out, they mistook it for great courage and if they pushed me, i pushed them back. it was just like a game. so they took to me and asked me to join the shamrocks. i even changed my name from ed vega to ed mcveigh. and this is how they passed me off because most of the teams they played were other irish kids. this was a regular football team so, consequently, they listed me as eddie mcveigh. it was great fun and my friends were jimmy flynn, paddy o'connor. my siblings married the shenny's and i almost married a catherine finerin but it didn't work out. i have a nephew, sean patrick mcflynn. i always question myself because my writing about the irish is really my writing about myself coming to the united states and coming into

the priest of a church in the south bronx in pineapple's neighborhood. in spite of the priests's unflagging loyalty to the ideal of public education which i share, she did what any wealthy parent would have done. she pulled pineapple out and used to wit and while to get pineapple into a terrific private school. not a profit-making charter schools. not a slogan loaded charter school but a prep school for rich children. suddenly now with 15 children in the class instead of 30 and teachers not terrorized and delete by the city into drilling for exams but actually enjoyed pineapple's personality, she made up nearly three years in writing and reading skills and the four years she was there. in ninth grade she won a scholarship to a very good and racially mixed boarding school in new england on the coastline of rhode island's where again she had small classes and teachers who treated children with respect in part because they were treated with respect by the administer. tenth grade pineapple told me later was my breakthrough year. from that point on, she said

my dad, may he rest this peace, was a plummer in the south bronx -- plumber in the south bronx. was the first generation born in america. mario, technically, was the second generation. his grandfather died in the coal mine in late 19 -- 1890s, i believe, and his dad went back to italy but was born in america. but mario's equally a success and deserves all his success. but i think in describing my trip from the south bronx to here, it should be an inspiration to all of you because i say this with great sincerity that with an average iq, a strong work ethic and a heavy dose of good luck, you can go very far. i started my journey going to public schools, 75 in the south bronx. i then went to morris high school in the south bronx, and then i graduated west bonk bronx, i went to hunter college city university of new york, now called lehman college. i spent four very happy years there. i met my wife of 48 years in our french class our sophomore year, and given my skills at language, i would probably still with at hunter if it wasn't for my wife helping me in french. after this present

grew up in the bronx my father was a community organizer my mom was an educator she taught in the south bronx and you know i was very lucky to grow up in a world. you know my parents are very working class middle class but i was surrounded by a community of folks that were working in the bronx particularly in a period in the seventy's and eighty's where things were really rough in the borough and a lot of organizers people doing social justice work people coming out a very specific catholic social justice tradition my father had been a jesuit seminarian actually for seven years and never made the final vows he that he left to become a community organizer so my brother who the younger brother we were both just raised in this mill you in which we talked about political issues we talked about public life we debated things or the dinner table and we had adults who were who were model always modeling. work that they were pursuing because they thought it was going to make the world a more just and humane place that's the extraordinary. book meritocracy how do you define marriage for the purposes of

channels in queens, all of the coastline in staten island, city island, and another patch of the south bronx, battery park city, and stretches of the the west side water front and of the lower east side village in manhattan. there are two maps on display there, which we have and which we're trying to get. which show the areas as zone a, but the bottom line is the other map shows the 76 evacuation centers. if you live in zone a and have not yet evacuated to a safe location out of zone a, it's crucial that you do that as soon as possible. time is running out, if you're not sure if you live in zone a find out by calling 211 or take your map into the zone finder, the zone finder may be slow because we're getting inundated with requests. but we must have some patience. i can't stress enough that this is for your own safety. and that if you refuse to evacuation, you're not only putting yourself at risk, but also the first responders who will have to assist you in an emergency. everyone must keep in mind, especially those who have not yet left that mass transit service is going to be suspended, ton

i started my journey going to public school in the south bronx. i then went to high school in the cell phones. given my skills and language, i would probably still be nonwhite. i'm probably still have a problem with english. upon graduating from hunter, i worked for 18 months at the xerox corporation. in return to columbia business school where he got an mba and open the door to wall street. my first observation is whether it was right or wrong, getting an advanced degree to improve my credentials, open the door to wall street, and i'm sure, goldman sachs, probably not recruiting a guy my level, so that mba open the door to goldman sachs for me. i, myself, prefer a phd, but that would stand for poor, hungry, and driven, because i get to learn from their parents. ever since it was introduced into the marketplace, i have used -- i used it this morning, a men's cologne called obsession by calvin klein. frankly, that is the word i would describe to describe my approach to the business. a shorthand translation would be the harder i work, the luckier i

but, remember, if you're in the south bronx, the surge that you're getting is surge that enters longund from out around montauk and it talks about four hours to get down here. so the surge that you would experience there is much later than the surge that you'd experience if the water is coming up the east river and the hudson river. there has been some flooding already in the bowery as well as the fdr and some of the rockaways. we expect surge levels of six to 11 feet, a surge of nine to ten feet is possible along coney island and the rock waus and a surge of 11 to 12 feet may occur at the battery monday evening. maximum surge in these areas expected to be plus or minus two hours around 8:15, say 6:00 to 10:30. the peak surge will hit areas between long island sound between 10:00 and 2:00 a.m. now, if you live on a coastline -- >> as mayor bloomberg continues to give local updates to those around the five boroughs who are going to be affected so deeply by what he's saying could rise as high as a 12-foot surge, keep in mind, everybody lives pretty much at sea level here in the new yor

remember, if you're in the south bronx, the surge that you're getting is a surge that entered long island and it takes about four hours to get town here. so the surge you would expect there is much later than the surge that you'd experience if the water is coming up the east river and the hudson river. there has been some flooding already in the battery as well as the fdr and some of the rockaways. we expect surge levels of 6 to 11 feet. a surge of 9 to 10 feet is possible aalong coney island and the rockaways and a surge of 11 to 12 feet may occur at the better monday evening. maximum surge impact in these areas is expected to be in some period plus or minus two hours around 8:15, so 6:00 to 10:30. the peak surge will hit areas along the long island sound between 10:00 and 2:00 a.m., four hours later. now if you live on a coastline, you have to add to that breaking waves. waves of 15 to 20 feet along the ocean-facing shoreline will result in severe beach erosion, but aulz it drived water right over the road and inland more. because of the heavy rains that we do expect, which will come in

remember, if you are in the south bronx, the surge that you are getting is surge that enters long islandnd out from montauk and it takes four hours to get down here. the surge that you would experience there is much later than the surge you would experience if the water is coming up the east and hudson river. there has been some flooding already in the bowery as well as the fdr and rockaways. we expect surge levels of six-11 fee. a surge of 11-12 feet will possibly occur monday evening. the peak surge will hit areas along long island sound between ted into -- ten and 2:00 a.m. you have to add breaking waves. they will result in severe beach erosion. it drives water right over the road and inland more. because of the heavy rains, we do expect, they will come in later tonight after the first, we will see higher wind caught in the surge, then higher brain. tomorrow morning we expect to be very wet. a high wind warning is now an affect. sustained winds of 40-55 miles per hour with gusts of 70-80 are what are forecasted at the moment. motorists should experience extreme caution. governor cuom

i'm from new york city from the south bronx, community were a lot of doors don't get knocked on, community where do rose have been carved by policies that were made decades prior to the press and in many years in the future will create the lines in the sand of what representation you happen what sort of action you have said to me these issues are pressing but yet in a similar way i've edited it enormously from my own community, where i was raised. my family and my environment and to me the value of the local and about the city and i am partial to the urban environment. i love it and that is why a study of. i went to public schools my whole life and it was from the teacher who said hey you might like doing this and spent time after school and they introduce me to an excellent opportunity or someone who sat after school with me and went through different topic source said i didn't understand it might debate coach in high school not being paid to spend but spent an extra six hours per week coaching. these are all things that i found made the character of my life and they all happened not by w

but remember if you're in the south bronx, the surge you're getting is surge that enters long islandut around montauk. and it takes about four hours to get down here. so the surge that you would experience there is much later than the surge that you'd experience if the water is coming up the east river and the hudson river. there has been some flooding already in the bowery as well as the fdr and some of the rockaways. we expect surge levels of 6 to 11 feet. a surge of 9 to 10 feet is possible along coney island and the rockaways. and a surge of 11 to 12 feet may occur at the battery monday evening. maximum surge impact in these areas is expected to be at some period plus or minus two hours around 8:15. say 6:00 to 10:30. the peak surge will hit areas along long island sound between 10:00 and 2:00 a.m. as i said, four hours later. if now, if you live on a coastline you have to add to that breaking waves. waves of 15 to 20 feet along the ocean facing shoreline will result in severe beach erosion. but also it drives some water right over the roads and inland more. because of the heavy

i'm from the south bronx. you know, the community where a lot of stores don't get knocked on. the community where the walls have been carved in certain ways to policies the were made decades prior to the present and many years in the future would create the lines in the sand for sort of representation you have and what access you had, so to me these issues are pressing but yet in a very similar way, i benefited enormously from my own community where i was raised and my family and my environment. to me what the value of phill local is for the value of the city -- and very partial to urban environments. it is sort of a basket of opportunity. i look at public schools my whole life, and it was from like the teacher that set you might like doing this and spend time after school, kind of introduced me to the next opportunity to someone that sat after school with me and went through different topics or that i didn't understand or my debate coach in high school to spend an extra $6 per week coaching us. these are all things that i've not made the character of my life and this all happ

bronx. most of the lines are working tomorrow. we're going to slide you farther to the souththose lines stop. shawn, go ahead and shrine that for me, would you? shawn? shawn? never mind. i'll get back to you on that one, wolf. >> what we were told earlier we spoke to the head of the mta that really below 30th street in lower manhattan there's not going to be any subway service because of images like this. water still there, military units are going in, they're trying to get that water out. it's going to take days though in some of those subway stations to clean out those areas. jason carroll, you're on the scene for us. we were told that the buses were working. but to wait three or four hours for a bus, that's going to be a problem to get on a bus. >> reporter: at least. i mean, at least three or four hours to get on some of these buses. you hear the good and the bad. you hear good stories of people saying there's an elderly person in line, let them go ahead of me so they can take the bus or seat. and then you hear the flip side. in lower manhattan earlier today below 34th st

south berry subway station here. you get off the staten island ferry and some would walk through here and take the train uptown or as far as the bronxu so choose. the problem is there's 30 to 40 feet of what we call brackish water had in there, which is kind of a mixture of fresh water and seawater and diesel fuel. i was down there earlier, we took some picks down there, and i'm telling you, after about 30 or 40 seconds your eyes are burning, your nostrils are burning. you can't breathe down there. it is awful. so the army corps of engineers is here and hoping to pump this out and it's going to take a couple days. i mean 30 to 40 feet deep and it goes all the way up to the next station. all right. this is the worst station that we understand here in lower part of manhattan in terms of water infiltration. we talked about the tunnels that are still infiltrated, midtown, battery and holland, creating traffic snarls around. people are making it around but the bridges are going to clog up in a situation like this. on a positive note the metro north, long island railroad will be on-line at 2:00 this afternoon and we expect limited service