More than 1,700 electric users without power in Central New York; polls still open - syracuse.com
More than 1,700 electric users without power in Central New York; polls still open - syracuse.com
Update: As of 4:30 p.m. power has been restored to all but a handful of customers.
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Power has been knocked out to more than 1,700 customers in Central New York on Election Day.
The outages are centered in the western suburbs of Onondaga County, according to National Grid’s spokesman Jared Paventi. Power in the area was lost about 3 p.m. and is expected to be restored by 5 p.m.
Voting machines at the New Life Syracuse Church on Onondaga Road, in Camillus, continue to operate because they have backup batteries, said Dustin Czarny, Democratic elections commissioner for Onondaga County.
Paventi said the outage was caused by wires down on Onondaga Road near its intersection with Onondaga Boulevard. He said it’s not clear yet why the wires are down.
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