Late Monday, state Director of Operations Howard Glaser wrote on Twitter that seawater was "pouring into" the tunnel.

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According to Howard Glaser, a housing and financial services analyst in Washington, D.

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When Miner raised the issue in February, Cuomo's director of operations, Howard Glaser, responded critically on an Albany radio station.

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Cuomo and Hauer and top members of the governor's inner circle, including the state operations chief, Howard Glaser, who attended disaster training.

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"Lower Manhattan is being covered by seawater, " Howard Glaser, director of operations for the New York state government, was quoted as saying.

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