Crime & Safety

Power Restored After Short Outage Friday Morning

Power was out for less than an hour, officials said.

By Megan Merrigan

About 1,200 Public Service Electric and Gas customers in Teaneck were without power for almost an hour Friday morning while crews repaired damages caused by Thursday night’s weather, according to Kristine Lloyd of PSE&G.

The outage impacted two areas of the municipality, according to Lloyd, who said customers in the vicinity of both Garrison Avenue and Windsor Road were affected.

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The affected areas lost power around 8:30 a.m. and had it restored within the hour, according to Lloyd.

Friday’s outage is Teaneck’s third since Thursday morning.

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Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin said the council urged PSE&G to upgrade their service and reliability and they complied.  

“It just takes some time,” he said.


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