The blackout forced the evacuation of workers and players from Shea Stadium hours before the Mets-Giants game. It was the ...

On 14 August 2003, 22 years ago this week, the electricity cut out for more than 50 million people in the US and Canada. The ...

New York Independent System Operator, which manages state's power grid, says region will have sufficient power to avoid repeat of 2003 blackout but will not be fully protected until actual cause ...

But 1977 wasn’t all bad. At the time, New York City was undergoing one of the greatest musical renaissances in modern history, with Bronx teenagers birthing hip-hop at all-night parties in city ...

In New York, Con Ed’s Clendenin denied reports of a fire at the 14th St. power plant. He also said he could not predict when the electricity would be restored in the city – only that it would.

In the midst of the monumental clean-up and recovery after the biggest Atlantic storm in history, LIFE.com remembers a blackout in New York City in the summer of 1959.

Thirty years ago tonight, New York City lost electricity when a Con Ed substation was hit by lightning strikes and a "cascading effect" caused the system to shut down around 9PM. And NYC, as well ...

Tangent New York City has experienced historic widespread blackouts. In July 1977, electricity was out for 25 hours after lightning strikes cut service for all five boroughs. The most recent ...

The New York Times reported that the fire department was responding to numerous calls of people trapped in elevators. The city's power company, Con Edison, said the blackout began shortly before 7 ...

Based on the more than 1.2 million tons of food waste generated by New York City in a given year, roughly 29 tons of food was possibly tossed as a result of Saturday's blackout, says Justin Wood ...