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Cuomo Slams Utilities

Con Ed Chief Returns Bonus Day After Cuomo Calls For Investigation

Chairman and CEO Kevin Burke said he was returning the $314,000 bonus he was awarded.

2013/04/30

Power Lines (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)

Manhole Fire Cuts Power In Eastern Queens

A manhole fire cut power to customers Tuesday afternoon in eastern Queens.

2013/04/09

Joseph Barone

Worker Recovering After Being Trapped For Hours Below Subway Site

The worker was pulled out shortly after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday and is being treated for various injuries including hypothermia.

2013/03/20

Competitors in the 16th Annual USA Memory Championship (Credit 1010 WINS reporter Gary Baumgarten)

Competitors Descend On New York To Test Their Minds In Annual USA Memory Championship

Competitors memorized arbitrary pieces of information about the order of playing cards, names and faces, poems, and lists of random numbers and words, according to event officials.

2013/03/16

Bayonne, New Jersey (credit: Nicholas Macchia)

Widespread Power Outages Across Tri-State, But Area Spared Worst Of Storm’s Wrath

Connecticut’s two largest power companies had anticipated about 30 percent of their customers losing power, or roughly 400,000 homes and businesses.

2013/02/09

Storm Damage in Huntington, NY on Jan. 31, 2013. (credit: Mike Xirinachs/WCBS 880)

Thousands Across Tri-State In Dark After High Winds Down Trees, Power Lines

A wind advisory is in effect until 6 p.m. Thursday for parts of New Jersey, New York City, Nassau County and parts of Connecticut. That means sustained winds of 30 to 39 mph or gusts of 46 to 57 mph through the afternoon hours.

2013/01/31

Con Edison worker in Borough Park (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Con Ed Seeks $400 Million In Rate Increases For New Flood-Repelling Equipment

Con Ed said it wants to spend $1 billion to protect critical equipment from storms. The first $400 million installment will mean a rate hike of 3 percent.

2013/01/25

An electrical crew contracted by LIPA works on overhead lines on Old Country Road in Melville - Nov. 19, 2012 (credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Moreland Commission: Eliminate LIPA In Wake Of Hurricane Sandy Failure

The Moreland Commission, appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo after LIPA, Con Edison and other utilities struggled to turn the lights back on after Sandy, has heard consumer outrage and now has a proposal to do something about it.

2013/01/07

South Street Seaport - Nov. 30, 2012 (credit: Alex Silverman / WCBS 880)

South Street Seaport Historic District Still With Big Problems 2 Months After Sandy

Tens of thousands of jobs have been lost in lower Manhattan at least temporarily, and thousands of people are still without power or phone service. It’s mostly an uninhabitable area, eight weeks after Hurricane Sandy.

2013/01/03

Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan - Nov. 21, 2012 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

Port Authority Bus Terminal Reopens After Brief Evacuation From Possible Gas Leak

The terminal was briefly closed and buses were halted as a precaution as Con Edison crews investigated.

2013/01/02

(credit: AccuWeather)

Strong Winds, Heavy Rain On Tap For New York City On Friday

Gusty winds and heavy rain were to intensify Friday morning before moving out by midday.

2012/12/20

A lineman from California works to restore power in Long Beach following Sandy - Nov. 20, 2012 (credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Sandy Ineptitude Catches Up With LIPA At Moreland Commission Hearing

Officials slammed the Long Island Power Authority Tuesday for its performance in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, in a hearing by a commission exploring how those utilities might be restructured.

2012/12/11

Homes destroyed or damaged by Sandy in Belle Harbor, Queens - Nov. 6, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Bloomberg: In Wake Of Sandy, NYC Working On Storm, Climate Prep

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said New York City will work on upgrading building codes and evacuation-zone maps, hardening power and transportation networks and making sure hospitals are better prepared for storms.

2012/12/06

Upper East Side Steam Blast

Dangerous Blast Of Steam Stops Midday Traffic On Upper East Side

A dangerous blast of steam stopped traffic Tuesday on the Upper East Side.

2012/12/04

South Street Seaport - Nov. 30, 2012 (credit: Alex Silverman / WCBS 880)

Sandy Stymies Revitalization At South Street Seaport

The South Street Seaport is one of the areas hammered by Sandy and now there are worries that the revitalization there has been seriously setback.

2012/11/30

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