Been accused myself of understating the power of this Tropical Storm, (it did not even make US landfall as a Hurricane), but I must point out that there were many tourist and visitors who just happened to be in the area at the time. Know a few of them myself. And how does NYC help their tourist and visitors in the time of need ? They throw a marathon to entertain their unfortunately stranded guests.
That was really stupid on the part of Bloomie.