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Blackout in Mill Basin, July 21, 2019 (Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner)Con Edison is facing $25 million in penalties and possible license revocation from the NYS Public Service Commission because of the massive power outages in Manhattan and Brooklyn last year, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced. In July of 2019, Con
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Blackout in Mill Basin (Photo by Todd Maisel)SOUTHEAST BROOKLYN — Con Ed turned the lights out in pockets of Brooklyn, where local politicians have in recent days put the company that power most of New York City on blast. On Sunday, Con Edison intentionally cut off power for more 50,
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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.
Announcements
While most customers won’t miss the air-conditioning now that the weather’s turned, Con Edison is asking residents of North Brooklyn to hold off on a variety of electrical-intensive activities while crews work on equipment problems. In a press release on Friday, the company announced it was reducing voltage
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Photo by Patti PappagalloNeighbors reported downed power lines, flooded streets, and fallen trees all over southern Brooklyn Monday afternoon, after a torrential downpour swamped the area at around 5pm. On Avenue X and Avenue Y, on the “East” streets in Gravesend, residents say they were left in the dark for
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Photo by Patti PappagalloNeighbors reported downed power lines, flooded streets, and fallen trees all over southern Brooklyn Monday afternoon, after a torrential downpour swamped the area at around 5pm. On Avenue X and Avenue Y, on the “East” streets in Gravesend, residents say they were left in the dark for
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(Photo: L.C. Nøttaasen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/magnera/3984413077/] / Flickr)Almost 7,000 people lost power for several hours Sunday after two power outages struck Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend. The first blackout was caused by a fallen tree limb near East 26th Street and Avenue I, a spokesperson
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The City Council passed Treyger’s bill to improve communications infrastructure. (Photo provided by Mark Treyger’s office)The New York City Council on Thursday passed legislation proposed by Councilman Mark Treyger to strengthen telecommunications infrastructure against future storms. During the Hurricane Sandy, power outages and flooding at critical communication
Blackouts
Residents of the Amalgamated Warbasse Houses [http://amalgamatedwarbassehouses.com/] panicked last night when a power outage plunged all five buildings of the housing development into blackness for nearly two hours. Lights started dimming and flickering at approximately 9:16pm and by 9:30pm the complex, television screens, and computers all
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File photoUpdate (11:54am): Con Edison informed Sheepshead Bites that all power has been restored. Original post: More than 800 households near the Marine Park – Sheepshead Bay border are currently without power, as Con Edison investigates the cause and works to make repairs. A transformer in the affected area blew
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A Con Edison employee was repairing the wiring yesterday (Photo by Aliza Chasan) By Aliza Chasan Two years after Superstorm Sandy, one park in Gravesend is just now getting power back. Though the streets in the area didn’t see much above-ground flooding, the storm’s salt waters managed to
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Source: niznoz/FlickrUPDATE (2:06 p.m.): Con Edison just informed us that the restoration time has been bumped up to 3:00 p.m. Power went out due to “equipment failure” in the Sheepshead Bay area, according to the spokesperson, and they’re still investigating. It’s also not
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It appears that all of this snow, salt, and slush are wreaking havoc on the city’s underground utilities. Neighbor Erik Botsford spotted a manhole fire on Jackson Place (shown above), between 16th Street and Prospect Avenue, and mentioned that their lights were flickering on 16th. According to the Con
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Photo By Maria DanalakisIt has been six months since Superstorm Sandy [/coney-island-hospital-evacuated/] caused millions of dollars [/fema-doles-out-103-million-for-city-hospitals-hit-by-sandy-including-coney-island-hospital/] of damage to Coney Island Hospital and even though the facility has reopened, it might take another year for the hospital to be fully restored, according to a report [http://bronx.ny1.com/
15th Street
A reader on 15th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenue, wrote this morning to say that she, and several neighbors, had reported power outages to Con Ed [http://www.coned.com/] this morning. Unfortunately, representatives told her that, “due to a large amount of outages in our area, it was
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Source: niznoz/FlickrMore than 1,230 households are without power in Marine Park, Mill Basin and other areas, after a transformer exploded on Avenue T and Hendrickson Street. The explosion occurred at approximately 6:40 p.m., and Con Edison has been called to the scene. Notify NYC has issued