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Yesterday's fair amount of chaos across the city, from power outages to downed trees, from toppled Sukkot structures to bricks falling off buildings and the city closing down streets to deal with them. Some other stats and stories:

Be careful outside: The incredibly strong wind gusts are wreaking havoc all over the area. WCBS 2 reports that a tree fell onto a car on NJ Route 22, killing the driver and that, on Long Island, a LIRR crossing gate was blown into the air, injuring four people. And the Staten Island Advance says that wind gusts played a part in a wall collapse that killed a construction worker. With wind gusts of up to 60 mph, there have been various reported of downed trees, utility poles, and scaffolding around the city. There are also power outages in the region.