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Any one of five other areas.
See how that works- it's not remotely possible for an able bodied person to be stranded there. Perhaps you need to look at Google maps.

Alphabet city has always been a bit rougher that the rest of downtown, full of drugs, squatters and anarchists. Dumpster diving goes on all the time there, LOL. It's ridiculous that this is what made the news.

What my friend and others there were very concerned about was the potential for robbery or physical attack. It's a bit of a crossroads for druggies even though much I really haven't seen that on the news. All I've seen is people grabbing food and puddles.

All of a sudden you're taking sensationalized media reports as bible. Because it suits you to. Malarkey!

Whether you like it or not, the one size fits all recommendations do not fit all. Only people in remote locations- rare in the city - needed extra water or could safely use a generator. That people were on the news crying for food and gasoline the very next morning doesn't change that. They were venting because their lives had been disrupted. They're crying for dry clothes too, but I didn't see anyone here recommend hoarding those.
What people in NY mostly need is warmth safety and light. Too bad you can't stock up on those.