{"id":45783,"date":"2020-08-13T02:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T23:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cuomos-threats-about-con-ed-help-no-one\/"},"modified":"2020-08-13T02:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T23:16:00","slug":"cuomos-threats-about-con-ed-help-no-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cuomos-threats-about-con-ed-help-no-one\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cuomo\u2019s threats about Con Ed help no one"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Cuomo\u2019s threats about Con Ed help no one<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 12, 2020 |<\/span> 7:16pm <\/p>\n

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\n Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\n Here we go again: Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he was \u201cpersonally disapp<\/a>ointed\u201d with utility companies after hundreds of thousands of people lost power during Tropical Storm Isaias and is threatening that their \u201cfranchise can be revoked.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not bluffing,\u201d he warned. Maybe, but New Yorkers have heard that song before. Just last summer, in fact \u2014 after Brooklyn battled a blackout.<\/p>\n

Sure, utilities should be held accountable, but the state does regulate them.<\/p>\n

Besides, it\u2019s nothing more than pure politics to threaten their franchises because of power outages after a bad storm. Tempests happen, and they take down trees, which take down wires. Companies work to clear the damage as soon as they can.<\/p>\n

And the utilities did brace for the storm \u2014 Con Edison had 500 people pre-staged in the city and Westchester. But forecasts called for mostly rain and flooding. The company wasn\u2019t expecting the heavy winds that toppled thousands of trees.<\/p>\n

Prudent pruning might have prevented much of the damage, but trees are on municipal right-of-ways and private land, and most homeowners love trees \u2014 until they fall and cause days-long power outages.<\/p>\n

Con Ed sent 3,800 workers to deal with the damage, and they focused first on critical sites, such as hospitals and police stations. Residential areas often had to wait.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy for pols like Cuomo to rail against the utilities: They\u2019re never popular, especially at times like these.<\/p>\n

But who would he install in their place and how would he deal with the issue of trillions of dollars in infrastructure? Cuomo doesn\u2019t answer these questions because his threats aren\u2019t serious.<\/p>\n

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are equally off-base in suggesting a municipal takeover of Con Ed.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the last thing Gotham needs \u2014 an essential service run by what might be the most incompetent administration in the city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

A week after Isaias, more than 1,000 people in Queens still don\u2019t have power. The city and Con Ed need creative solutions to minimize the damage the next time a big storm hits \u2014 as it unquestionably will.<\/p>\n

But threatening to revoke a franchise or proposing a government takeover are simply not helpful solutions.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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