New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the outage occurred following a manhole fire. Other reports indicate that a blown transformer at West End Avenue and West 64th Street triggered the outage.
• ConEdison estimates that over 42,000 New Yorkers are without power.
• The outage has impacted Rockefeller Center in Midtown, as well as a portion of Times Square. Several subway stations also have lost power, prompting trains that are running to skip those stations until power can be restored.At dawn, the Manhattan skyline shows no lights due to a power blackout, New York, New York, July 14, 1977. The photo was taken from Jersey City, New Jersey.Media reports indicate that thousands are without power in parts of Midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side.
However, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, tweeted to say that a manhole fire is responsible for the outage. De Blasio did not indicate where the fire occurred or if anyone was injured.
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