‘Unprecedented’ NYC subway breakdown sparked by power surge

By KAREN MATTHEWS
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says a “sequence of failures” in New York City’s subway system following a brief power outage disrupted half of the system for several hours and stranded hundreds of passengers. Hochul says the breakdown stranded passengers on five trains that were between stations when signalization went down Sunday night. She says the unprecedented breakdown affected more than 80 trains on the subway system’s numbered lines plus the L train from shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday to about 1:30 a.m. Monday. Hochul says service was back to normal for Monday’s commute. She says there will be an investigation into the subway disruption.