Manhattan, Upper West Side Suffer Widespread Blackouts

Parts of Manhattan and the Upper West Side experienced blackouts Saturday evening, leaving thousands without power, according to reports. NBC New York, citing the Con Edison power outage map, reports over 44,000 customers are without power. “We are responding to extensive outages on the Westside of Manhattan. We will share more information as it comes in. Thank you,” the utility giant wrote on Twitter.-- More...