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Mayor Bill de Blasio commenting on blackouts at press conference (Photo: Todd Maisel)MILL BASIN — Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that he is “extremely disappointed” in Con Edison after power outages hit tens of thousands of households in southeast Brooklyn at the tail end of the weekend heat wave.
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Photo via Facebook/Con Edison [https://www.facebook.com/ConEdison/photos/a.160938157372541.35899.112258312240526/384819121651109/?type=1&theater] Consolidated Edison (ConEd) is currently responding to power outages in Gerritsen Beach and parts of Sheepshead Bay, according to an alert sent out by Notify NYC. Residents are advised to
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Photo via tayloro_designs [https://www.instagram.com/p/96OnM4sqau/]Our sister site, South Slope News [http://southslopenews.com/blog/home/unwanted-knocks-door-look-slammers-promising-lower-utility-bills/] , recently reported on the issue of “slamming” in the area. “Slamming” is the practice of switching utility suppliers without the customer’s knowledge or duping them into a
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Photo by Amber CeffalioUpdated 12:59pm Thursday, May 28: A Con Ed spokesman told us they have a team taking care of the issues with stray voltage [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2j0HcJEWSM] on Newkirk Avenue, between E. 16th and E. 17th Streets. The specific cause of the stray
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Following manhole fires in our neighborhood [/blog/crime/manhole-fire-causes-explosions-around-coney-island-avenue-cortelyou-road-leaves-area-without-power] , Park Slope [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/crime/car-catches-fire-buildings-evactuated-after-manhole-explodes-on-6th-street] , Sheepshead Bay [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/02/underground-electrical-fire-spews-smoke-across-avenue-z-near-east-14th-street/] , as well as throughout the city [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Building
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Updated Friday, 9:15am: We spoke to a spokesman from Con Edison this morning, who told us that the company was investigating “stray voltage coming from a lamp post” on E 18th Street (between Ditmas and Dorchester), and the area is safe for everyone to walk through. Yesterday, Con Ed
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A long-standing sidewalk obstacle in front of the derelict Maimonides clinic at 3121 Ocean Avenue is finally being fixed, with contractors on the scene yesterday. The site was previously a pit covered by a foot-tall concrete slab and surrounded by barricades. Here’s what it looked like when we passed
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Governor Andrew Cuomo (Source: Philip Kamrass / Times Union)Citing Con Edison’s lackluster performance during Superstorm Sandy, Governor Andrew Cuomo urged the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to deny Con Ed’s requested rate increase for 2014. The Wall Street Journal is reporting [http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/
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Source: bondidwhat via flickrHeat waves are the worst. While I’m lucky to have an air-conditioner, I sometimes find myself staring at my small wall unit and imagining all the money blowing out of my wallet. According a report [http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2013/jul/19/new-york-sizzles-coned-sets-record-high-peak-electric-usage/] by
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Source: niznoz/FlickrCon Edison needs $1 billion to implement their plan to protect their infrastructure and facilities from future storms. The Wall Street Journal is reporting [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324310104578511682573930630.html?mod=WSJ_NY_News_LEFTTopStories] that ConEd is seeking approval from the state to pass along a
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Rashal Mahamud, Con Edison engineer. Photo courtesy of Con Edison via Brooklyn Daily EagleA Borough Park man, Rashal Mahamud, has won an impressive award for his work on a project that makes the delivery of electricity safer, according to a report [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/brooklyn-con-ed-employee-recieves-award-2013-03-19-153000] by the Brooklyn
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Brighton Neighborhood Association Executive Director Pat Singer, left, and her staff (not pictured) have returned to their office at the Chase Bank in Brighton Beach following Superstorm Sandy. Photo by Erica ShermanAfter being displaced and working from remote locations to serve their community in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, our
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Spot any cones on 6th or 7th Avenues? How about 23rd Street? Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/] reports that Con Ed will be doing an additional two weeks of work on a project started last weekend. Aaron Brashear (Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights [http://www.ccgreenwoodhts.com/] and
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Source: niznoz/FlickrCon Edison is reducing voltage by 5 percent in Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods including Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, Midwood, Flatbush, and East Flatbush, as the National Weather Service extends the ongoing heat advisory for all of New York City until tomorrow evening. The power is restricted
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This just in, there has been a transformer explosion on Homecrest Avenue between Ave V and Neck RoadAvenue V. We are hearing reports of power and phone outages in the surrounding areas. UPDATE: We are being told that the traffic lights are out on Avenue V from East 12th Street
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Coney Island residents and business owners have another year to save more green while going green with Con Edison continuing its sponsorship of the “Going Green in Coney Campaign,” in conjunction with Urban Neighborhood Services (UNS) The campaign, which will enter its second year, provides seminars catered to locals on