Officials push for gas station emergency systems
Photo credit: Steven Sunshine | Dozens of people wait in line at the Mobil gas station on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream. (Nov. 8, 2012)
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A push from state, county and local officials would require emergency power systems for at least some gas stations to help prevent a repeat of the gasoline shortage after superstorm Sandy.
Hempstead on Jan. 22 became the first Long Island town since Sandy to pass a law requiring larger gas stations -- those pumping more than 100,000 gallons a month -- to install standby generators so pumps...
