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14K Brooklynites Lost Power During Heat Wave, Con Ed Says
Consolidated Edison was working Monday to bring power back to about 14,000 Brooklyn residents after a weekend mass outages.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Thousands of Brooklynites were without power Monday morning after a weekend of mass outages amid an extreme heat wave, Con Edison reported.
About 14,0000 residents in Brooklyn and almost 20,000 New Yorkers in total remained in the dark as Con Ed worked to make heat-related repairs, which the company said would be completed on Monday.
More than 30,000 people lost power over the weekend as temperatures in New York City spiked to 99 degrees — with a 110 degree heat index value — and Mayor Bill de Blasio called a state of emergency.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent 200 state police, 100 generators and 50 light towers to Brooklyn on Sunday and blasted the electric company on Twitter.
"We've been through this situation w [sic] ConEd time & again," Cuomo wrote."They should have been better prepared—period."
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