"Power Outages Plague NYC: Elevator Stranded, Lights Flicker, and More"

A Con Edison power outage in New York City caused brief power drops citywide, leading to elevator malfunctions, subway delays, and reports of people being stranded in elevators overnight. The outage was caused by a piece of high voltage electrical equipment failing at a substation in Brooklyn. While the outage was brief, it resulted in serious issues for those in elevators, with around 178 elevators and escalators impacted and two people getting stuck. The power outage also caused sporadic subway signal issues and blown fuses. Con Edison estimates that nearly every home across the five boroughs, Long Island, and Westchester County were impacted.