Paulin Goes to Bat for Storm Relief for Constituents

We chatted with State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin today about the upcoming election and restoration of power. She spent the day on conference calls with Con Edison and elected officials advocating for her district and here is what she learned:

• The election will definitely be held on Tuesday. Con Edison’s top priority for the next two days is to restore power to the polling places so that the new digital voting machines can be plugged in. If all polling spots are not restored, voters may be redirected to another Scarsdale location.
• If you happen to live near one of the polling spots – Village Hall or the Edgewood, Fox Meadow, Greenacres and Quaker Ridge elementary schools -- you may have your power back sooner than you think.
• There are currently four line and tree crews from Con Edison in Scarsdale – up from one this morning. Also – Scarsdale10583 just learned that a few customers at the north end of Greenacres reported that they got their power back around 4:30 on Saturday.
• Con Edison reports that 209,000 Con Edison customers in Westchester lost power in the storm. To date, power has been restored to 100,000 customers – none of those in Scarsdale. The utilities first priority was restoring power to hospitals and nursing homes – and now they are focusing on schools.

Paulin alerted Con Edison to the plight of residents blocked into streets by fallen trees. There are 12 such locations and she was able to get Con Edison to clear trees and wires from Drake Road and Lenox Place and perhaps several more locations.

Get more storm updates from Paulin at https://www.facebook.com/amy.paulin and call her staff at 914-723-1115.