Brief Power Outage in Queens, New York City, NY

Brief Power Outage in Queens
Monday August 6, 5:25 pm ET
Con Ed: Queens Power Outage Affects 968 Customers


NEW YORK (AP) -- A malfunction in overhead power lines caused a 58-minute outage that affected 968 customers in the Flushing area of Queens on Monday, a Con Edison spokesman said.
The spokesman, Chris Olert, said power went out at 1:32 p.m. and was restored at 2:30 p.m. The area affected included business and residential customers, he said.

City Councilman John Liu, who represents the area, said the number of customers represented about 5,000 people.

"This is at least the fourth blackout to hit the Flushing area within the past nine weeks. The frequency of these blackouts, albeit troubling, is not surprising," Liu said in a statement. "Residents had demanded upgrades to the power grid last summer as well as earlier this summer when the first blackout hit in June."