"No AC, no electricity, it's really difficult...just been walking around, biking today, staying outside," Hernandez said.
As crews in Bushwick try to repair and replace the burned-out equipment under Hancock Ave., the utility says its emergency response center is at the ready. As the city's air conditioning units work extra hard and up the demand on the grid, there have been no major outages so far on Saturday.Con Ed says in all five boroughs there are about 100 customers out, but they are just scattered outages.
There is no estimate on a restoration time for the residents of Bushwick. The repair work involves cleaning and flushing out the manhole, so there is still work to do.
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