Cuomo and other officials were similarly asked why they didn't act to shut down major highways in Long Island inadvanceof the storm, especially given the sprawling area's reputation for gridlock.
Not for the first time on this three-month-long mission, the Northumberland has found itself in the same region as an actof piracy but without the advance warning to stop it.
Justice Anthony Kennedy focused on what he considered the demeaning nature of the Voting Rights Act's preclearance requirement, under which some localities must get approval inadvance from Washington for changes to their voting laws.