Con Ed and Union Reach Contract Agreement
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo intervened as a potentially damaging storm approached Con Ed's service area, leading to a deal for locked-out workers to help with storm preparations and repairs. That was soon...
View ArticleCuomo Says Most Homes Still Without Power Are Too Damaged for Electricity
The governor said utility companies had restored power to almost all intact homes, but when a home is damaged, it is dangerous to introduce electricity.
View ArticleFor Visiting Utility Workers, Finding Comforts in a Tent City
In a Queens parking lot, hundreds of out-of-state linesmen stayed in a Con Ed encampment, one of several set up for workers helping to restore power.
View ArticleOwners of Storm-Damaged Homes Get Water-Bill Reprieve
No payments are due until June for those whose properties were badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
View ArticleSmall Utilities Credits Are Just the First Step, a Commission Says
A state commission plans to conduct its own investigation into how utilities prepared for Hurricane Sandy and responded to the damage it caused.
View ArticleCon Ed Seeks Rate Increase
Con Edison had delayed asking for a rate increase after Hurricane Sandy left hundreds of thousands of the company’s customers without power.
View ArticleLIPA Customers Are the Most Dissatisfied in the Country, a Study Says
A survey of utility customers, the first since Hurricane Sandy, shows that, as a group, businesses in the Northeast lost a lot of faith in their power providers last year.
View ArticleUp for a Vote, the Pay Phone of the Future
Building Blocks: The public has been asked to vote for one of six finalists in a contest meant to encourage new thinking about the 11,000 pay phone sites in New York.
View ArticleA Favored Look for Making Connections on the Street
The city announced the winner of a contest on Facebook intended to get residents thinking about what kind of changes they might like to see in public phones.
View ArticlePublic Money Goes to School Toilets, Brooklyn Voters Decide
For the second straight year, a school bathroom renovation project was chosen by Councilman Brad Lander’s constituents for funding through the program known as participatory budgeting
View ArticleIntact Pipes From 1800s Once Carried Water, Though Not Very Well
Two wooden water pipes from the early 19th century are to be displayed at the New-York Historical Society.
View ArticleCuomo Asks Con Ed to Freeze Bonuses for Top Executives
The demand came after one of the company’s directors said that the executives were given more than $600,000 for “exemplary” performance in handling Hurricane Sandy, other storms and a monthlong lockout...
View ArticleSmall, Cute Sinkhole Swallows Menu and Soda Bottle
For more than seven hours, a sinkhole in the West Village captivated the neighborhood.
View ArticleAs Hurricane Season Nears, Con Ed Shows Off Equipment’s New Protections
The electric utility plans to spend $1 billion to harden its system and is asking regulators to let it pass the cost on to customers over four years.
View ArticleThe Light Switches Are in Manhattan, the Power’s From New Jersey
At midnight, electricity generated west of the Hudson River began flowing seven and a half miles to New York for use by residents of public housing and government agencies.
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