New York City subways to reopen Thursday with limited runs, Cuomo says 1 of 5. A New York City Police officer walks past a closed subway station in lower Manhattan after subway service was suspended due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy October 31, 2012. With New York City's subway system paralyzed by Sandy's crippling blow, millions of commuters are rethinking how they will get to work this week, and they are taking it one step at a time. Credit: Reuters/Mike Segar