New York governor expands probe into city power failures
Scores in Brooklyn and Queens areas were without electricity on Sunday after a failure last weekend left tens of thousands in Manhattan’s West Side in the dark
22 July 2019 - 11:38
New York/Singapore — New York governor Andrew Cuomo is expanding a probe into recent New York City power failures as Consolidated Edison reported about 53,000 customers suffered outages amid a heatwave and record demand.
ConEd’s website showed on Sunday night customers without power at various times included more than 37,000 in Brooklyn and 13,600 in Queens areas. Cuomo’s office said it directed the State Department of Public Service to expand its investigation into ConEd outages, which was opened after a failure last weekend left 72,000 customers in Manhattan’s West Side without power...
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