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The lights on the building are a car, and Mr. Malkin needed a driver—or at least that’s the metaphor Marc Brickman, the Empire State Building’s lighting designer, uses to describe it.
By Nicole Puglise

Bloomberg Vaguely Threatens Landlords Who Don't Get the Lights Back On

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, properties throughout the city’s flooded neighborhoods saw critical infrastructure collapse along with everything else
By Colin Campbell

State Senator Says ConEd Is Taking ‘Too Damn Long’ to Get Electricity Back

State Senator Greg Ball, a Republican representing Westchester County and other areas of the Hudson Valley, is not happy with
By Colin Campbell

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