No threat in the car spotted in New York City's Union Square:

No threat in the car spotted in New York City's Union Square:
New York City police evacuated part of an apartment building and several streets off near Union Square Manhattan Thursday after a report of a suspicious vehicle with gas in the back, but nothing threatening was found.
NYPD investigators located the owner of the 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, which parked in front of the Con Edison building about twenty-two, he told police he was the gas cans in his car because he mows lawns for his family. He parked the car in the area because he was attending a concert nearby, police said.
The bomb squad suited up and started an investigation after an employee called Con Edison 911 of the suspect vehicle as a result of the two gas cans on the back on the floor report, said police spokesman Paul Browne Chief.
The town has been nervous since May 1 when a sport utility vehicle loaded with propane gas and began to smoke in Times Square, but did not explode. Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American citizen, was arrested by the federal government charged in the case. Since that effort, there are several suspicious vehicles and packages around the city that was a false alarm.
Browne said several floors of a highrise residential building were evacuated and several streets in the area were blocked as a precaution. They were in the process of reopening.
Union Square, located on the East Side of Manhattan, is a major thoroughfare for pedestrians and tourists. New York University, Greenwich Village and the historic Flatiron Building in the vicinity.
Earlier Thursday, President Barack Obama were in town at a fundraiser and a meeting with police officials to congratulate them for their efforts against terrorism.