Clergy members wait to catch a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI after mass Saturday, April 19, 2008 at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.
Scoutmaster Gil Schweiger ignites a pyre of worn American flags ceremonially retireing them Friday, June, 13, 2008 at Pouch Boy Scout Camp in Staten Island, N.Y.
Movie extras run from explosions during special effects filming of The Avengers movie, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Cleveland. The intersection of Euclid Avenue and E9th Street in Cleveland, was made to look like the area outside New York's Grand Cent
A man walks into the flood waters on Midland Avenue to look for his brother Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy made landfall late Monday devastating the island's East Shore and leaving hu
Dennis Murphy, of Seattle, shovels debris out of his uncle, Dominick Traina's, home in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012.
Joseph Ingenito poses with the remains of his prized blue spruce tree outside his home in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Ingenito decorated the tree for Christmas with coffee cups and breathing masks.
President Barack Obama embraces New Dorp Beach resident Diane Camerada Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Staten Island, N.Y.
Sgt. Pedro Correa poses Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, with the remains of his home on Kissam Avenue in the Oakwood Beach neighborhood of Staten Island.
Nicky Figueredo, of Hoboken, is comforted by her boyfriend USMC Sgt. Andrew Kara as she mourns her best friend Sharon Christina Millan Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at the National 9/11 Memorial in New York. Millan, whose remains were never found, worked
9/11 survivor George Sleigh poses near his home in Hudson, Ohio, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Sleigh, a naval architect, had the longest journey to safety, escaping from the 91st floor of the World Trade Center.
Cub Scouts decorate the graves of fallen American soldiers for Memorial Day with flags at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York Saturday, May 23, 2009.
President Barack Obama waves from his limo to on lookers at the Sullivan Bistro as he leaves an exclusive democratic party fund raiser Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at Vouge Editor Anna Wintour's home in New York.
Venus, left, and Serena Williams walk off a practice court before their scheduled women's final in the US Open Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001 in New York. This is the first time the sisters will play against one another in a grand slam final.
Fans arrive to watch the New York Yankees play their last home game in the House That Ruth Built Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, against the Baltimore Orioles in the Bronx borough of New York.
Yankees’ captain Derek Jeter is seen through the iconic stadium latticework during the last home game in the House That Ruth Built Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
Fans cheer from a Bronx rooftop overlooking Yankees Stadium during the last home game in the House That Ruth Built, Sept. 21, 2008.
A New York Police crime scene investigator examines the body of Louis Buonacore, 44, who was found bludgeoned to death at Silver Lake Park Wednesday, July 16, 2008 in the Staten Island borough of New York. The homicide remains unsolved.
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in his personal conference room command center Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in New York.
A well dressed Syms Department Store security guard detains a shoplifter as he tried to flee in the subway as New York Police Offices look on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Wall Street and Broadway in New York.
Emergency personnel pull a drowning victim from Gravesend Bay in Coney Island, Brooklyn, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, near W37th Street and Bayside Avenue.
New York mayor-elect Bill de Blasio and his family perform their celebratory "smackdown" dance on Election Night Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Park Slope Armory YMCA, in Brooklyn.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan blesses altar boy Chris Sweeney, 10, of Staten Island, after the Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. Dolan was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI last week.
Delilah Leykam, 6, of Brooklyn Heights, celebrates her birthday with a trip to the Statue of Liberty, Thursday, July 4, 2013, in New York. Liberty Island, heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy, reopened to the public, Thursday.
Nikita Lev Emery, center, reacts as 6-year-olds line up to audition for the American Ballet Theater school at Lincoln Center Monday, April 19, 2010 in New York.
Curtis High School advanced placement physics students Jessica Lee and Joseph Carpenito, center, paddle their cardboard and duct tape "Love Boat" to victory in the school's pool during the 5th annual Curtis Cardboard Regatta Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Cars and busses are trapped as revelers make their way down 7th Ave toward New York's Times Square for New Year's Eve celebrations Monday, Dec. 31, 2012.
Tenzing Gyasel leaps into a dumpster converted into a swimming pool Thursday, July 16, 2009 in the Gowanus section of the Brooklyn borough of New York.
A family dressed as Star Wars characters for Halloween wait for the subway at the Brooklyn Bridge station Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in New York.
Ladies use newspaper to shield the sun on the Coney Island Beach fishing pier Monday, May 25, 2009 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. People flocked to the area beaches to soak up the 80 degree Memorial Day temperatures.
Designers discuss Victoria's Secret supermodel Miranda Kerr, center, as she poses in her 'Enchanted Forest' costume Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in New York in preparation for the lingerie company's annual fashion show.
Sandhog mechanic Tommy Gramza sits on a tunnel boring machine gripper shield in the number 7 subway extension tunnel Thursday, July 15, 2010 under the intersection of W41st Street and 8th Avenue in New York.
U.S. Airways Cpt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger looks back Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at a group of Flight 1549 passengers he saved when he splash landed his jet in to the Hudson River a year ago. The Flight 1549 flight crew, passengers and first respond
Forged partially from 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center the USS New York, whose building process in a New Orleans shipyard survived Hurricane Katrina, entered New York Harbor Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, for an official commissioning c
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