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Seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth avenue the west side of the highway from 42nd street up to about 60 the street or 70th street are pitch black. con-ed saying this is because of the manhole fire. at least that s how it started which then went into a transformer that blew and put much of manhattan into darkness. the lower right-hand corner of your screen you can see the new york emergency management command center being moved in. we are expecting a news conference from them. that was supposed to happen 45 minutes ago. we have not heard anything. mayor de blasio says he is on his way back to new york. if we look at sixth avenue heading uptown toward central park, it is void of any traffic. the new york police have shut it down to provide a thoroughfare for firetrucks and other first responders to move up and down the city. ....

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