On Aug. 14, 2003, however, a major power outage left about 50 million people across the Northeast in darkness -- with New York ... traffic lights went out and gridlock gripped the city.

Traffic lights were not working along a stretch ... The lights were dark at Radio City Music Hall in New York City after a power outage affected large parts of Manhattan on Saturday, July 13 ...

Traffic in Midtown is slowed, Faud said, but not stopped. This power outage comes 42 years to the day after The Great Blackout of 1977, which left most of New York City without electricity.

decide to have power backup for services like ATMs. New York City officials need to decide whether services such as traffic lights, which failed in the outage Saturday, are essential to back up ...

NEW YORK — A power outage crippled the tourist-filled heart of Manhattan just as Saturday night Broadway shows were set to go on, sending theater-goers spilling into the streets, knocking out ...

The city that never sleeps found itself momentarily plunged into darkness due to a power outage that left New Yorkers with ... and Long Island City, where traffic lights blinked.