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Con Edison to Pay $750,000 to Settle Harassment Allegations

The New York utility provider Con Edison has agreed to pay $750,000 and implement a host of anti-harassment reforms to settle a lawsuit claiming it routinely ignored discrimination complaints brought by female field workers. The settlement, announced Tuesday, comes after …

Amtrak Service Disrupted After Fire Near Tracks in New York City

Amtrak service in parts of the Northeast was disrupted or delayed Tuesday after a fire broke out near a train route in New York City. Amtrak said initial reports indicated a brush fire stemming from a transformer at an Amtrak …

NYC Street Collapses Amid Gas Line and Water Main Ruptures

A New York City street and sidewalk collapsed Friday into a 40-foot-wide crater near a construction site as a gas line exploded and a water main ruptured. Authorities said no one was injured in the afternoon incident at Northern Boulevard …

New York Transformer Explosion Lights Sky, Causes Power Outages

A transformer explosion at an electrical plant set the skies above New York City ablaze in an eerie, pulsing blue light Thursday night, causing scattered power outages, delaying flights and sparking a social media storm of jokes about an alien …

Con Ed Installing ‘Smart Switches’ in N.Y. to Limit Power Failures

Con Edison’s chief executive said on June 14 that the company is installing hundreds of so-called smart switches that can limit the number of electric customers affected when a tree takes down a power line. Chairman and CEO Kevin Burke …