PSEG reported last week that as many as 68,000 residents across Long Island and the Rockaways lost electric power overnight due to strong winds and rain on Thursday morning.
The villages around Nassau County weren’t spared as municipalities scrambled to help residents whose power went off — and in many cases, clear out roads with felled trees and debris.
“We are trying to get a hold of our PSEG representative to get an update,” Village of East Hills Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Zuckerman said on Thursday morning. “I’m also setting up base from my home to monitor the situation.”
Village of East Hills bore a brunt of the damage as Mayor Michael Koblenz reported a quarter of the residents lost power.
Koblenz said he received complaints overnight from residents who called to report felled trees and debris in their yard.
“Even I had some debris in my backyard but its nothing major,” Koblenz said.
Zuckerman, who is also in charge of security in the village, said public safety officials were out patrolling since the village has seen a string of crime over the past few months.
Zuckerman said tree branches which fell on Laurel lane damaged a car.
He also said debris, which hindered traffic on Harbor Hill road earlier in the morning, has since been cleared.
With about 2,200 residents without power in East Hills, Koblenz said, the generator at Village Hall, which also lost power, has been turned on for residents who needs to shower, to charge their devices or use the facilities.
The Village of Munsey Park only sustained minor damages due to a blown fuse from the storm according to Mayor Sean Haggerty.
In an email sent to residents, Haggerty noted only 97 homes were without power.
In New Hyde Park, the North Lakeville-Lakeville Estates Civic Association sent out a notice about a tree which fell on Sylvia Lane knocking out power and disabling all fire boxes in the surrounding area.
According to the civic association, the New Hyde Park Fire Department said the fire boxes should be fully functional within one and a half to two weeks.
PSEG released a statement on Wednesday noting the impacted service territory and also acknowledging the damages done to by downed trees, poles and wires.
PSEG said it expects power to be back up for most of its customers by the weekend.
