Half of the city is without power.  The subways are flooded.
And every other restaurant is closed.  But most Manhattanites
are praising Mayor Bloomberg for his handling of Hurricane
Sandy.  "Fantastic job," Bill Harris, an Upper East Side
resident, told us. "He's on top of it, he's communicating. I'm
going to miss him."  Bloomberg spent the day surveying the areas
most damaged, including Breezy Point, Queens.  Victoria Aviles,
who also lives near 57th Street and Third Avenue, echoed Harris'
sentiments.  "He's done a wonderful job," she said. She said she
watched each of Bloomberg's press conferences.  You might think
that anyone comfortably residing on higher ground would
naturally offer more praise.  Not so.  Karl Smith, a teacher who
lives on 24th Street between 9th and 10th avenues, said
Bloomberg gave everyone fair warning.  "The communication before
was great," he said. "He said what kind of preparations to make,
but I think after Irene (which proved to be a relatively mild
storm), people didn't take it