Criticism
The extent of the outage and perceived poor response on their behalf prompted criticism to be levied on Con Edison and mayor Michael Bloomberg.
At a press conference on Wednesday July 19, 2006 Mayor Bloomberg snapped at reporters for asking about the power outage in Astoria. The Queens power problem had been a constant item on NY1's 9PM show The Call hosted by John Schiumo for the entire week of Monday July 17, 2006 to Friday July 21. He received calls from frustrated Astoria residents who managed to relocate with friends or relatives to be able to see the show and call in. In addition, there were calls from MTA officials explaining how the power problem affected the subways that week (July 17-21). By Friday, when the full extent of the problem was revealed, Bloomberg changed his stance.
Read more about this topic: 2006 Queens Blackout
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“As far as criticism is concerned, we don’t resent that unless it is absolutely biased, as it is in most cases.”
—John Vorster (1915–1983)
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