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Conclusions on that. con-ed at the moment is not responding to phone calls. but they did tweet earlier that they are working diligently to restore power. hopefully this comes back online sooner than the black out 40 years ago. jon: that went on for i think almost half a day. jacqui heinrich, thank you. we'll let you get back to work on the phones. we have a former nypd sister who worked blackouts in this city before. what is the police department doing right now? >> there was a big difference between years ago and now. years ago it was chaotic, the lights were out. you only had a few police of...

Derrellation. >> have there been any injuries reported? >> no, thank god. this is an e-americani americai. no reports so far. >> just stay tuned. very important. we'll know a lot more in the next hour or two. >> where's the best place to check for information? >> 311. our city website. there is the notify nyc. all media will be put out. >> there you have it. mayor bill de blasio is a presidential candidate. he's been in touch with the new york city management crews and the new york police department and fire department as well as con edison and they are working to restore power here to new

Moment, stood up the command center, key city officials, leaders of the first responder agencies gathered. the elevator task force was activated. that is a preplanned initiative to get people out of elevators. and fdny did that superbly with a very large -- the protocol to check on vulnerable people was activated. because of the relatively short duration, wasn't needed in any way in its fullest, but what we do now -- and we learned this lesson during sandy, during hurricane sandy -- is we have lists of buildings where there's people who need special help. that protocol is activated. some peopl...

Manhattan. the fire department police department and emergency management responded quickly to the scene and we are working closely with con-ed to restore power as quickly as possible. we have no reports of injuries or fatalities at this time. we also have a list of those individuals that are in lifesaving equipment at work with them to make sure they have what they need. we have put together a joint task force with the pd and the fire department to make sure that nobody is stuck in a net elevator still appeared right now but to turn it over to the ceo of con-ed john mcavoy to give us an up...

Dangerous but perhaps not as widespread. >> it looks like that's the big problem they have right now whether or not they are going to control it, isolated and get it back on in the next couple of hours or so. i guess con-ed has issues with trying to cut back on power in some places so when they do get the power back on they can manage it. i guess the press conference is coming up. soon it should be enlightening with con-ed having a better handle on exactly how bad it is now and in the next couple of hours. leland: as you know from being the commissioner in 9/11 a time like this post-9/11 the h...