New York, Nov 1 (IANS) The New York Marathon will go ahead Sunday as scheduled in spite of huge damages from Superstorm Sandy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
Marathon officials were proceeding as planned to stage the annual event that runs through all five boroughs of the largest city in America, but they were awaiting the final word from city officials regarding the staging of the race, reports Xinhua.
Flooding and power outages remained a concern around the city and subway and other transit systems are still shut because of the damage caused by the superstorm.
Mary Wittenberg, president of the New York Road Runners, said the organising group was set to hire private contractors to replace city workers who would typically handle such things as security and medical needs for the race.
