Noah, I would like to personally commend you for your time and effort devoted to all the teaneck residents, including myself. Thank you....

The same here Noah, you have done a superb job of keeping all of us informed as to the status of Teaneck and it's power restoration. I only wish that the township would do the same. It was only today that I began receiving email alerts from the township. The alert system the township advertised failed when it was needed the most. It's so nice to get an email telling me how to use a generator safely seven days after people started using a generator.

I have gotten conflicting info from the PSEG website ...the first line says power will be restored by 11:59 pm on Nov 9. The very second line says that power's been restored! But apparently it has not been restored, according to my neighbor who lives in my area. The customer service rep also said power was restored but is relaying our concerns to the field just in case. Meanwhile, my neighbor has seen not one utility truck in our area. We both saw two yesterday, however. What is going on? We can't we get clear, accurate information? All of Teaneck should be back on the grid by now. It's unacceptable.

I agree that Noah has done a terrific job of keeping Teaneck residents informed. Thank you Noah! If it wasn't for your diligent reporting I would have no idea what is going on. I'm still surprised that the leadership of Teaneck has been nearly invisible throughout this crisis. I understand their lives are as disrupted as ours, but when you become an elected leader you have a responsibility to serve your constituents. One way of serving them is to keep them informed during an emergency - FB posts, Tweets, emails and comments on Teaneck Patch. They have been absolutely silent (or to be fair if they have been communicating I haven't had access to it). It is really very disappointing that these are the people we elected to lead our community..

Thank you Noah your updates have been very helpful and being able to "vent" a bit on this blog has been at times what I have needed to stay sane. Unfortunately still no power in my area that is between Cedar lane and Route 4, Queen Anne and Teaneck road. How an area that contains the municipal ofices, library, teaneck high, and the police station, can not get priority just is hard to understand. It is unimaginable that it takes 7 days to get power back and there isnt anything that I can do other than to be better prepared for future outages. Didnt think in this day and age that a generator would be a necessity but looks like that is the path I need to take. Power went on for 3 minutes on Friday and then off since - not sure why we can be better informed of what is wrong and what has to be fixed.

Noah - thank you for your fine reporting -- I was able to keep my 99-year-old mother and 79-year-old brother apprised of developments, thanks to you. Their power was returned at 7:30 AM this morning after 7 days and night without heat or light.

I have had no power for over a week now this is unacceptable everyone else who are my friends and live in Teaneck. Have their power back I have lived their for a very long time but am disgusted all of Teaneck should have power

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Please freind Mohammed Hameeduddin, Mark J. Schwartz & Elie Katz on Facebook for updates..They have been updating regularly on facebook.

I'm glad to hear they have been using FB to share information and I have friended them so their updates appear on my news feed, but why wouldn't they use community social media channels to communicate or set up a series of regular email alerts? By using their personal FB accounts they are reaching only a fraction of the people who live in this town. Mohammed Hameeduddin has 513 FB friends (which is a lot for an individual account), but Teaneck has over 15,000 residents. I can't tell how many FB friends Elie Katz has, but his timeline looks pretty inactive. I applaud their attempt to communicate through social media, but next time they need to think about how to reach as many people as possible not just those on their friend list.

Does anyone here know what the email address for the President of PSEG is? I know it won't do much but I really want to email this guy and rip into him.

Thanks Noah, you have done an excellent job. I am one of the unfortunate with three kids who still has no power who is going to loose it very soon.

I think using FB/Twitter/email is a great way to communicate during a crisis and most people have cellphones that can access the internet even during a power shortage. But as "Teaneck Resident" pointed out not everyone does. So for those people there needs to be more of a grass roots effort by the town. My point is that there are many different ways to communicate to the residents of Teaneck, but the only one doing anything on a regular basis was Noah at Teaneck Patch. I applaud him for his work, but there needs to be a community wide communication plan and that plan needs to come from our leadership - and it didn't.

Thanks Noah for keeping us informed and updated.. things would be tough without this website..

I have just emailed Ralph Izzo. It's a disgrace that areas of Teaneck are still dark. I've called PSEG several times today, talked to Elie and Adam, etc. Everyone is lovely and sympathetic but nothing has happened. My street is still dark!

I suggest the Township issue daily announcements and post them at preidentified corners - The Fire Dept Fire Alarm boxes. That way, residents know where to go and there is common, verifiable, OFFICIAL information. The Teaneck Police could distribute the notices while on patrol. Teaneck has 23 voting districts. How about four fire alarm poles per district - 92 poles? All that is needed is strong paper and a good copying machine. This idea comes from reading your comments. Whaduhyathink?
As far as Teaneck storm preplanning is concerned, has the Township issued a report where trees are have come down? How old the trees are? What type? What was their condition? A tree expert should inspect and see if we have weakened our town trees due to action (cutting tree roots when replacing sidewalk) or strangulation - lack of space to properly support and feed trees that were planted 85 years ago.

My power finally came on, but the amount still out is ridiculous. There are rumors that the town refused to pay to update the grid so our system is antiquated. I want to know if that's true!!

Guys we really need to do something about this. If the town did not pay to upgrade the grid we need to force them to do so. But we need to find out if that is true or not. Also, why the he'll are people not restored yet and what is the governor doing about this ? What good isthatthe time table pseg provided if they cannot stick to it? Everyone with power and cell phones please call the governor 's office. We need to get our fellow Teaneck residents back up and running.

Folks, please do me a favor:

1. Please post those Teaneck streets that have no power. I'll call the governor's office today. If our mayor and town council do not have the b@11s to do so on behalf of our residents then I will.

2. Please find out and verify (not via any rumors )that the down did not pay to upgrade our grid. This has to be 100%a accurate as i'm going to rip into the mayor. But I need this to be accurate.

3. Call, email knock on he mayors door and force him to take action. This guy has done nothing during his issue.

As a follow up i'm going to call the local hotels and beg them to donate free rooms to those Teaneck residents that do not have power yet. As I get results if any I will post them here. I will also post those hotels that turned me down.

I am on West Forest and still without power!! This is disgraceful and if it is true that Teaneck refused to pay to upgrade that will just infuriate me further!!! Let's us all know how you make out with the hotels! I will def email Ralph at pseg!! Thanks

As of about 7 or 7:30 this morning, Monterey Ave. was still without power. And yes, there is still a tree and lines down on Alpine between Minell Place and Monterey Ave. -- it looks dangerous. The businesses on Teaneck Rd near Route 4 are still dark. These businesses include: Deco Daves, Packer Shoes, Lillian Lee Salon, the take out Chinese place (forget the name), the sign store, the wine store, I believe thhe realty office on the corner (Minell). Across the street (street lights not working at the intersection of Minell, Grayson and Teaneck Rd: Teaneck Sushi, the hobby shop, the bagel shop, Martinson's Cleaners. I believe streets such as Grayson also are still without power ... a number of streets going up towards Teaneck High School. BUT MONTEREY AVE. IS STILL DEFINITELY POWER-LESS AS OF THIS MORNING!! Thanks for your help!!

As of about 7 or 7:30 this morning, Monterey Ave. was still without power. And yes, there is still a tree and lines down on Alpine between Minell Place and Monterey Ave. -- it looks dangerous. The businesses on Teaneck Rd near Route 4 are still dark. These businesses include: Deco Daves, Packer Shoes, Lillian Lee Salon, the take out Chinese place (forget the name), the sign store, the wine store, I believe thhe realty office on the corner (Minell). Across the street (street lights not working at the intersection of Minell, Grayson and Teaneck Rd: Teaneck Sushi, the hobby shop, the bagel shop, Martinson's Cleaners. I believe streets such as Grayson also are still without power ... a number of streets going up towards Teaneck High School. BUT MONTEREY AVE. IS STILL DEFINITELY POWER-LESS AS OF THIS MORNING!! Thanks for your help!!

I emailed the prez of PSEG last night and also emailed Kathlynn Lynn and Denisa Superville of The Record. Their story about No. Jersey towns still without power conspicuously omitted Teaneck and included no quotes from Teaneck leadership, even though Mr. Katz said he had talked to Denisa (who covers Teaneck). It's possible she omitted his quotes -- these things happen. But I want to know why Teaneck was excluded from the article in the first place! Perhaps others can contact them with Teaneck's continuing plight: lynn@northjersey.com, superville@northjersey.com.

Because I emailed Mr. Izzo, when I called PSEG yet again to tell them that a # of streets (not to mention the intersection of Minell, Alpine and Teaneck Rd) were still without power, I was put on the phone with a "Ms. Butler," a supervisor. I gave her an earful and I importuned her to please do something TODAY, before the Nor'easter, and to call me back with a status update. We will see.

All..I've been on other posts commenting as well abt the lack of adequate communication and leadership shown to us residents during this disaster. Its beyond ridiculous. Last night when i pulled in my driveway from work and saw once again my home in darkness i got pissed all over again. Especially since during my drive from upstate ny to teaneck i had abt 10 robocalls from the town abt polling stations being changed.
I sat in the car doodling so i wouldn't have to go in the cold house. Went on Facebook to waste time and lo and behold i see someone commented on the mayors page. Needless to say i got pissed all over again. Saw that he posted his email address and i sent him a strongly worded email abt everything that we are all complaining abt esp communication to residents directly. If u can call me abt voting on my cell you can call me abt power & heat! Needless to say he responded @ abt 9pm last night and said he drove thru my area & he contacted the governor & pascrelli abt the lack of progress from pseg.
If u want to directly contact him...
m.hameed@teanecknj.gov....he also provided his cell #.

And Noah thank you for having a forum for us who do have access to the internet to share info and vent our frustrations. I only wish that our township Mngmt was as effective as the patch website.

I have emailed the Mayor as well. Let's see if/how he replies and how quickly...

And can anyone advise what to do abt the Crown Plaza hotel in englewood. I rented a room there for two nights so that my family could at least have a place to go take a hot shower. This hotel has no lights or heat just hot water. U had to use a flashlight in the hotel room & bathroom. Why are they charging people 129.00$ a night. We didnt even sleep there. We only accessed the room for the hot water. Needless to say i didnt continue to keep the room because its ridiculous to pay 129 a night for hot water usage only.

@ teanecker..if he doesnt reply i will provide u the # he gave me to his cell.

Many thanks. The Mayor did reply. I'm cautiously optimistic now but don't want to get my hopes up too high. Here is what the Mayor replied in response to my email a little while ago: "Just spoke to dispatch out of gardenstate plaza they will be working today to restore the last remaining circuits I will no (sic) more later."

I emailed the Mayor to tell him both Edgement and Grayson also still have no power.

Hopefully we'll be in the light today...
Now let me send a nasty email to the crowne plaza mngmt abt their price gauging!

Lets move forward constructively. We have old,, above ground wiring that is prohibitively costly to the tax payer to change. Lets require all new construction to have underground power. Lets ask the town to cut a deal with a generator manufacturer for lower cost per unit generators so more can get one for their homes. Have an emergency notification system just for teaneck that includes many of the items already mentioned here. If you are mad at the town, vote in new leadership. Everyone get out to vote!

Knowing the Mayor had a baby born during the storm should give him a pass to some extent on this storm. We also MUST understand that there are thousands of workers working on over TWO MILLION people without power in the area - these people abandoned their families and are doing very dangerous work.

However, what I have tried to communicate to the town council and DPW multiple times through various means recently and for some time is that we are just doing "BAND AID" service. Until we REMOVE 50 - 125 foot monstrous trees along our power lines and curbs we not only endanger our electric, phone and cable supply, we put all of our residents, including thousands of children in severe danger daily, as they walk to / from school or to a bus stop.

I am not suggesting we should remove all trees and let our town look bare. There are many wonderful species of gorgeous trees that have a height capacity of 20 feet or less, with very strong roots, etc. The town could hire some professional consultants to analyze the right replacement products. However, the town must understand, until Teaneck fixes their huge overgrown, old dangerous tree issues on each and every curb in town, our power is always suspect in any type of storm and our children continued to be exposed to very real dangers, let alone the live wires falling limbs cause.

I agree that some of these trees, majestic as they are, pose a danger. On several streets I have noted how dangerously they lean over. As for the Mayor, while I'm sympathetic to the knowledge that his wife just had a baby by C-section, this is what he signed up for. This is why he was elected. If he can't balance his professional and civic obligations with his personal and family ones -- especially in difficult, crisis-level times -- he and others like him shouldn't be in local politics. To his credit, he is being responsive to residents' fears and concerns and no doubt trying to do what he can, but I can't help feeling that Teaneck leadership is really powerless -- no pun intended -- to change the pace of restoration of power to all of the town. And I do wish they had figured out a way to communicate better with residents -- both those who are digitally savvy and those who rely on communication the old-fashioned way. And he should have been quoted in Kathleen Lynn's recent story in The Record. I don't understand why neither he nor members of the Council weren't in there with a quote about Teaneck's light plight.

I see a concensus growing that Teaneck has remained too exposed to potential natural events - storms. My concern is also the rails. Many Teaneckers live quite close to the CSX line. Derailments are a low probability event in any given place but they happen nearly everyday in the US. I am told the township has an emergency response plan but citizens (or even elected officials) are not allowed to see it. I think the Council should consider whether this is necessary or not. Right now, it is clear there has been a serious lack of communication. Reverse 911 doesn't work when there is no phone service and there is no phone service when our trees are prone to being blown over. What is in the Teaneck emergency response plan that residents could use? I don't know. Useful portions of the document should be made public and soon. One idea: Where can refrigerated drugs be kept so they spoil? Another idea: Have a debriefing session so residents can share their experiences, ideas, and inform the council/manager about resident needs/priorities.

Everyone: New PSE&G update now available: http://teaneck.patch.com/articles/power-outages-up-in-teaneck-report-says

Thanks, Noah. I shared this with the Mayor and also with Kathleen Lynn of The Record. This knowledge removes my earlier guarded optimism. I am so angry and frustrated that I can't see straight.

Folks,

I just sent an email to the Town Council and asked Noah if you can post it for me as it is too long and I can't upload it.

On a "reasonable budget" Teaneck must set up a plan with the trees all around our curbs and wires AND emergency plan. We are blessed to have an amazing community center, with 2 large gyms, many classrooms, conference rooms and other resources. If that building had a few large generators installed and some other protective measures, the community could at least have a DAY 1 SHELTER / INFO - HELP DESK / water / hot drinks center in case of an emergency, like last week. Rather, majority of Teaneck lingered in the dark.

I fully understand that we are the "lucky ones". Many towns are mostly destroyed and people lost life. However, hundreds of us have young children in their home. Many have medical conditions. Many are elderly [with no smart phone].

I don't think some of these ideas are rocket science and creating a committee to address this should be relatively simple, free of politics and budget friendly. We waited nearly a week for a first "warming center" in Teaneck to open up, and it was a TBOE building, not the township rec center!!!

I've spoken to a friend from Ridgefield Park who even without power has been kept abreast of all on-going efforts during this time. Even having town police enforcement running up and down with bull horns. She informed me the town has worked on implementing a plan for times like this, keeping everyone informed from school to polling and has worked as a mediator with PSEG. I think that's called being organized and having a local government that has the foresight and interest of betterment for their community. We can excuse that things don't always go to plan and as humans we make mistakes but the LACK of hands-on participation is very disheartening. Using FB/Twitter as a form of communications is called CYA - used very often when communicating via email "....but I sent the email..." what about following up???????? DISGRACEFUL!!!!!!

I got a response back from Julia Brailey as a result of my email to Mr. Izzo. I'm ready to scream in frustration. The out of town crews are not connected to PSEG so we can't get live updates on progress or lack thereof. How inept is this? How stupid? Sent this to the Mayor asking for his update if any.

Your email to Ralph Izzo was referred to me for attention.

Review of the most recent report which is posted on our web site at www.pseg.com shows that Teaneck currently has approx 3,118 customers without power.

Because of the large number of out of state workers who are assisting in the restoration and are not connected to our central computer system we are not able to give live updates. I can confirm we do have your order in our system and crews will remain in the area until every customer is safely restored.

We appreciate your patience

Sincerely

Julia Brailey
Customer Relations Consultant

Teaneck_Resident, it is not a perfect idea, but they are starting points. It is not right next to the river. If only a section of town has major issues, it does not interrupt our public schools, has a 2nd floor if need to get everyone above ground level, not right next to residences, police can set-up a temp-unit in one of the offices, has some parking - this is not rocket science. We just need a group of people in our leadership devoted to getting things done. I dont want to hear we cannot afford these things. 3 times in 15 months is enough - time to get this done now. Hopefully it is never needed, but to have things like this facility available for thousands of us and it is sitting idle without power all week is very disturbing.

On another front, I think we, as a community, should thank the TBOE, the school administrators and staff and, most of all, our children's teachers for opening school this coming Thursday and Friday. The teachers were not contracted to teaching these days and putting our children first should be recognized by all!!!

Another message from Ms. Brailey. I'm holding their feet to the proverbial fire. Feel free to call her...

PSE&G is not able to give you specific information on your area. We have crews in Teaneck working 24/7 to restore power. We have primary circuits restored and are now working on secondary circuits.

I am sorry that I can’t be more specific. The number of customers out of service in the state is currently reported at 272,700That number is decreasing every hour but we cannot guarantee a restoration time for anyone at this time.

Julia

800 304 3118 ext 3649

Wow!! I sent a letter to the council members and boy am I getting back answers that make no sense.

Can you share some of their answers with us? I recently emailed the Mayor again. No answer yet.

I just got a call from a neighbor that she saw our porch light on at Monterey Ave, at 3:38 p.m. Could it be? Maybe. If we have power then hopefully all of you do as well. Fingers crossed!

How much more frustrated can i get....
Rcv'd a call from FEMA @ 2:45pm that they'll be at my home in an hour to asses damage. I leave wrk in Monsey NY & race there b/c according to the FEMA rep they are not avail after business hrs.
Get there and the gentleman from California says 'Oh this house is freezing!'....Really Mr.FEMA , I never noticed. Maybe its the no power/heat and hot water in my neighborhood that's causing the chill u feel.
What is the newest update on this. Anyone getting any valid feedback?

Folks how are we doing power wise this morning? I'm getting ready for the Nor-easter that is going to hit us this evening which probably means that again Teaneck will be in the dark.

Please know that we got our power back on yesterday afternoon and the businesses on the streets around the intersection of Teaneck Rd, Minell Place and Grayson Ave also seem to be powered again. I hope Grayson, Cranford, Edgemont etc are all "normal" once again. I have sent an email of thanks to Elie Katz and suggested a community "town hall" meeting where residents and leaders can brainstorm ideas and learnings to safeguard the safety and wellbeing of residents, communicate more effectively, etc. should there be future crises of this magnitude. And no doubt there will be. We need to learn from this event and plan and implement accordingly for the future. I've been really heartened, not to say, impressed, by some of the ideas expressed here!

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