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Staten Island Ferry Suspicious Package Forces 90 Minute Closure

A suspicious package closed the Staten Island Ferry's Whitehall Terminal downtown for about 90 minutes. Delays are expected to linger.

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A suspicious packaged caused delays and a 90-minute closure of the terminal at Whitehall.
A suspicious packaged caused delays and a 90-minute closure of the terminal at Whitehall. (Staten Island Ferry)

FINANCIAL DISTRICT – The Staten Island Ferry's Whitehall Terminal is back open after police determined that a package did not pose a threat. The terminal was closed for about 90 minutes.

Police were called about 2:30 Sunday afternoon after a "suspicious package" was found.

Ferry Service was suspended and the terminal was evacuated.

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Around 4 p.m., the NYPD's First Precinct announced that conditions are back to normal with slight delays in ferry service."

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