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by carterschonwald 4978 days ago
False, just lower manahattan near the financial district. (unless i'm just a lucky manhattanite who's not read the right news sites and has lovely power)

that said, subways being closed is going to be a huge hassle for the next few days.

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ConEd shut of power to the Financial District at approximately 7PM, but there were a number of explosions at substations including the one at 14th Street. There are over 1 million New Yorkers without power; ConEd reports most places below Midtown are dark.

They evacuated NYU Langone Hospital when its backup generator failed, so yes, consider yourself very lucky.

Lots of transformers blew. My power is out and I'm at 10th street and 6th ave.
After walking up Madison this morning, there's no power below 39th Street AFAICT.