De Blasio: New York blackout `handled well´ though he was away in Iowa
(The Guardian United States)

Outage left about 72,000 Manhattan residents without powerMayor running `quixotic` campaign for Democratic nominationNew York City mayor Bill de Blasio has brushed off criticism that he was in Iowa campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday when a blackout left some 72,000 Manhattan residents without power for around five hours. Related: Heart of New York goes dark as Manhattan suffers power outage Continue reading...