By Chris Francescani, REUTERS NEW YORK - On a narrow spit of land in Jamaica Bay, Queens, one resident erected a wooden sign in front of an open garage: “Looters will be crucified - God help you.†From concerns about crime in storm-darkened neighborhoods, to rescue efforts that continue days after superstorm Sandy battered the U.S. Northeast, the New York Police Department has been stretched to respond to one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit the region. While the NYPD’s emergency responders conducted boat and helicopter rescues this week in coastal flood zones, uniformed officers manned bridge checkpoints, patrolled blacked out neighborhoods, directed traffic through hundreds...
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