The Latest: NYC power fully restored
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on New York City power outage (all times local):
12:55 a.m.
Con Edison and New York officials say power has been restored to hundreds of thousands of customers following a blackout in Manhattan.
More than 70,000 customers were left in the dark during the hour-long power outage in the Upper West Side. Power was restored just before midnight.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the blackout is "dangerous" and "you just can't have a power outage of this magnitude in this city."
The New York City Fire Department said a transformer fire started at West 64th Street and West End Avenue knocked out power to businesses, subway stations and forced shows to cancel in the theater district.
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10:50 p.m.
Officials say power is being restored to thousands of customers in Manhattan that caused stalled subways, elevators and darkened marquees in the theater district.
Con Edison said electricity should be restored to the 73,000 customers who were left in the hour-long outage Saturday night. Officials hope to have power fully restored by midnight.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the outage started at 6:47 p.m.
The New York City Fire Department said a transformer fire started at West 64th Street and West End Avenue knocked out power to businesses, customers and subway stations in the Upper West Side.
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10:25 p.m.
A concert at Madison Square Garden featuring Jennifer Lopez was interrupted by a power outage that left most of Manhattan without electricity.
Concert goers were met with darkness about four songs into Lopez's set about 9:30 p.m. The arena was later evacuated.
Officials at Penn Station said they were using generators to help keep the power on.
The New York City Fire Department said a transformer fire started at West...