Politics & Government

Mayor: 3,894 In Scarsdale Still Without Power Monday

Mayor Flisser and the Village Board of Trustees will be at the Library Scott Room at 7:00 p.m. tonight to give residents a Hurricane Sandy recovery update. There are 21 roads still blocked; five Con Ed crews in town working.

The following is an update from Scarsdale Mayor Miriam Levitt-Flisser providing an update on the Village’s Hurricane Sandy recovery effort:

Village officials have attended daily conference calls with the Westchester County Office of Emergency Management and Con Edison. During the call Village officials continued to our persistent requests for additional Con Edison crews to cut power lines, so Village crews can clear roadways. Village officials have been in direct contact with Con Ed officials to reinforce the severity of power outages in Scarsdale, and the necessity for additional crews to be dispatched to re-open the remaining 21 closed roadways and restore power to residential neighborhoods.

Although, the Village has tirelessly requested additional Con Ed crews, there are only 5 Con Edison crews in town consisting of a single line to cut power lines, one crew to clear trees, and three line restoration crews to restore electrical power.  The single line crew will be working with Village crews to open the 6 dead end streets still blocked by electrical power lines and downed trees.

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County Executive Rob Astorino attended an Emergency Operations Center meeting at the Scarsdale Emergency Operations Center late last night. He stated fuel supplies are adequate and deliveries continue. Mr. Astorino is speaking with the Con Ed President Kevin Burke daily and continues to press our situation.

The Mayor and the Village Board of Trustees will be at the Library Scott Room at 7:00 p.m. for a meeting to provide a Hurricane Sandy recovery update.

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Electrical power is being restored. Currently, roughly 60% or 3,894 of 6,025 customers in the Village are without power. This is down from 4,509 that were without power as of yesterday. Con Ed continues to report the date of November 11 for full County-wide power restoration; however we are working hard to improve that outlook. For those residents without power and heat, the

American Red Cross has established a regional emergency shelter for our area at the Albert Leonard Middle School, 25 Gerard Lane in New Rochelle. The shelter is equipped with cots for sleeping. The Red Cross can be contacted at 914 682-2299.

Emergency pet shelters and additional shelters may be found by calling 211.

In addition, the Scarsdale Public Library on Olmstead Road is available as a comfort center with power, heat, free coffee and other amenities, including movies in the Scott Room. Residents may also charge their cell phones and other electronic devices. The Village has extended the Library hours from 9AM-9PM Monday – Friday and 11AM-9PM on Sunday.

Con Ed is working toward having all polling places in the Village restored with electrical power by Monday, November 5 at 5:00 p.m. The Village has established eight polling places for this election, one of which are still without power. This location is the Edgewood School. The other polling locations, Crossway Firehouse, Village Hall, Fox Meadow, Heathcote, Quaker Ridge and Greenacres Schools and the Library have electricity. If Con Ed is unable to restore power to all polling places by Monday, the County Board of Elections will attempt to notify all voters of the alternate locations, and County officials will be on-site at the pre-determined locations to redirect voters to the alternate sites.

We will provide updated information in this regard as we receive from the County and Con Ed. either combine locations or establish new locations within Scarsdale.   Thank you for your patience and understanding as the Village works with the appropriate government agencies and Con Edison to restore power, open roads and get the Village up and running again. 

Please continue to call the Emergency Operations Center at 722-1150 and the Scarsdale Police Department at 722-1200 for any storm or non-storm related inquires and concerns.

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