An issue at a Con Edison substation caused the temporary outage. Con Edison President Matt Ketschke said a piece of equipment short-circuited, causing black smoke to rise above the plant.
Elevators and escalators can be especially sensitive to these kinds of quick fluctuations, which is why so many of them stopped, Ketschke said. As many as 10 elevator rescues were necessary, according to Con Edison.
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