Con Edison cut power to over 30,000 people in New York City, according to Deadline.
The outage, which comes during a massive heat wave in the northeast, was done, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio, so the power company could “make repairs and prevent a bigger outage.”
The majority of the outages were in Brooklyn, while areas of Queens and The Bronx were also effected.
“City agencies are working with Con Ed to resolve this as quickly as possible,” de Blasio said.
As of 11:39 p.m. ET, over 52,000 people were without power, although not all were connected to Con Edison’s move.
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