Con Ed looking into cause of NYC power outage on Manhattan's West Side
By Ali Hibbs Albany, N.Y. — A power outage on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City on Saturday evening lasted a little more than five hours — trapping people in subways and elevators, thwarting theatre-goers on Broadway, dimming the lights in Times Square and leaving drivers without traffic signals from 7 2nd Street to the West 40s, and from Fifth Avenue to the Hudson River. Consolidated Edison