juliacreinhart: A family of rats drowned on the FDR Drive as they were trying to escape the fast rising flood waters from the East River during Hurricane Sandy.
juliacreinhart: Flooding even during low tide on the embankment of Manhattan alongside the East River as Hurricane Sandy approaches.
juliacreinhart: Photographer Jenna Pope documenting the rising waters as the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy starts flooding lower Manhattan
juliacreinhart: Traffic flooding out of Lower Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge as night falls over a blacked out Lower Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy battered the area.
juliacreinhart: New Yorkers flock to a food cart at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge after Hurricane Sandy leaves their part of Manhattan in complete darkness.
juliacreinhart: The view from a darkened Lower Manhattan to Staten Island across the New York Harbor after Hurricane Sandy battered the area.
juliacreinhart: Voting amid the debris after Hurricane Sandy displaced many voters.
juliacreinhart: A flooded car is left caked in sand after Hurricane Sandy struck the area.
juliacreinhart: An empty fridge on the beach after Hurricane Sandy strikes the area.
juliacreinhart: Harlem residents dance in the street after Barack Obama is confirmed re-elected as US President.
juliacreinhart: Native Americans stage a protest in New York City's Times Square in solidarity with the Idle No More movement protesting Canadian Prime Minister Harper's attempt to gain access to natural resources on First Nation lands.
juliacreinhart: Passions are high at a rally to protest the Israeli army's latest bombardment of Gaza outside the Israeli Consulate in New York City.
juliacreinhart: Israeli counter protesters outside the Israeli Consulate as Palestinians across the street rally against the latest bombardment of Gaza.
juliacreinhart: The congregation of the Church of St. Luke's and St. Matthew's in Brooklyn celebrate Christmas mass less than 48 hours after the church was attacked by an arsonist.
juliacreinhart: Occupier draws with chalk on sidewalk during anniversary protest
juliacreinhart: Look Mom, no leader
juliacreinhart: NYPD officer holds down arrested Occupy Wall Street protester during an unauthorized wildcat march in Lower Manhattan on May Day 2012.
juliacreinhart: TARU officer grabs protester during sidewalk melee on march down Broadway
juliacreinhart: An occupier raises his fist in protest as Philadelphia PD bike unit kettles and arrests entire march during Occupy's National Gatherine
juliacreinhart: Photographer Stephanie Keith, on assignment for the AP, is grabbed and shoved back by Lieutenant Daniel Albano of the Legal Affairs bureau on Saturday
juliacreinhart: A homeless couple sleeping outside a Citibank branch on Broadway in Lower Manhattan.
juliacreinhart: Fathema Shad'idi, 52, works for the Red Cross as a homeless outreach specialist. She lives with the group of Occupiers camped outside Trinity Church since June to reach the transient homeless youth attracted by the Occupy movement.
juliacreinhart: The head of a stick horse lies in a muddied street in Midland Beach, Staten Island, five weeks after Hurricane Sandy flooded the area.
juliacreinhart: Mementos once sacred now lay abandoned on the floor of a destroyed hamburger restaurant in Midland Beach, Staten Island, five weeks after Hurricane Sandy flooded the area.
juliacreinhart: Young girl protester at Free Syria Rally in Midtown Manhattan
juliacreinhart: Young boy studies dummies dressed up as victims of Bashar al-Assad's mass killings during Free Syria rally in Midtown Manhattan
juliacreinhart: Thousands flock to see the balloons readied for Macy's traditional Thanksgiving Day Parade through New York City.
juliacreinhart: Thousands of New Yorkers flock to see Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons being inflated, among them one in the shape of Spiderman.
juliacreinhart: Fan missing Dick Clark, who hosted the New Year's Eve show for several decades before passing away a couple of years ago. His successor, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is popular, but far from an institution at this point.
juliacreinhart: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attending the wreath laying ceremony of the New York City Veterans Day Parade.