New Yorkers awoke to the rumble of subway trains for the first time in four days in one sign of recovery from Sandy's devastating blow.
At least 76 people in North America died in superstorm Sandy and officials said the count could still rise as rescuers searched house-to-house through coastal towns.
New York's three major airports are open with limited flights, while limited service on the city's subway - which suffered the worst damage in its 108-year history - has also resumed.
Flights to and from New York from Ireland are also returning to normal having been cancelled as a result of the storm.
Aer Lingus plans to operate seven round trips today in total.
This includes an extra flight to JFK airport, which is due to depart from Dublin at 1.15pm.
Aer Lingus flights EI105 and EI109 to JFK are both due to operate as scheduled.
United Airlines flight 23 to Newark and Delta Airlines flight 91 to JFK are expected to depart as normal.
Transatlantic flights to and from Shannon airport are also due to operate to schedule today.
These include two British Airways flights to JFK, a United Airlines flight to Newark and an Aer Lingus flight to Boston.
Two flights which were due to arrive in Dublin from New York this morning were cancelled last night - Aer Lingus EI104 and Delta Airlines Flight 92.
However, Aer Lingus flight EI108 from New York was scheduled to land in Dublin Airport at 8.25am.
Passengers are advised to check their airline's website before travelling to the airport.
Obama returns to campaign trail
After a three-day hiatus, President Barack Obama was to return to the campaign trail, boosted in his re-election bid by a resounding endorsement of his leadership from the Republican governor of New Jersey.
The Democratic incumbent, tied in polls with Mitt Romney ahead of Tuesday's election, begins a two-day trip to the swing states of Colorado, Ohio and Nevada while his Republican challenger travels to Virginia.
Mr Obama viewed flooded and sand-swept neighbourhoods of New Jersey on a helicopter tour of the state with Republican Governor Chris Christie yesterday.
In New York, limited service returned on some train and subway lines, but more than half of the petrol stations in the city and neighbouring New Jersey remained shut due to power outages and depleted fuel supplies.
Before dawn, long lines formed at petrol stations that were expected to open.
The extent of destruction in the New York City borough of Staten Island became clearer today, where whole houses were picked up off their foundations.
Some 34 people were killed in New York City, a police spokesman said, 15 of them in Staten Island, nine in Queens, seven in Brooklyn and three in Manhattan.
In Jersey City, across the Hudson River from New York, drivers negotiated intersections without the aid of traffic lights.
Shops were shuttered and lines formed outside pharmacies while people piled sodden mattresses and furniture along the side of the roads.
The city has issued a curfew on people and businesses as well as a driving ban from 7pm to 7am.
New Yorkers faced an easier commute than yesterday as the subway system resumed limited operations.
But four of the seven subway tunnels under the East River remained flooded and there was no service in Manhattan below 34th Street, where the power is still out.
Subway rides were free as authorities encouraged commuters to use mass transit rather than drive.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and state Governor Andrew Cuomo said private cars must carry at least three people in order to enter New York, after the city was clogged by traffic yesterday.
LaGuardia airport in New York was scheduled to reopen with limited service. John F Kennedy and Newark, New Jersey, airports reopened with limited service yesterday.
Sandy was likely to rank as one of the costliest storms in US history. One disaster-modelling firm said Sandy may have caused up to $15 billion in insured losses.
About 6 million homes and businesses in 15 US states were without power, down from a high of nearly 8.5 million, which surpassed the record 8.4 million customers who went dark from last year's Hurricane Irene.
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