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Con Ed Takes Heat As Queens Grapples With Lingering Power Losses
More than a hundred Queens households marked their eighth day without power Wednesday due to Tropical Storm Isaias.

Maya Kaufman covers Astoria, Long Island City, Forest Hills and Bayside for Patch. She has written for The New York Times, Bloomberg News, the Miami Herald and CBSNews.com.
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More than a hundred Queens households marked their eighth day without power Wednesday due to Tropical Storm Isaias.

Prosecutors accused Arkadiy Khaimov of pocketing $6.9 million in reimbursements for pricey medications that his pharmacies never dispensed.
Police said the thief who attacked a woman in a Rego Park apartment building was behind a similar robbery in Forest Hills.
The National Weather Service is warning of torrential downpours in the northern half of the borough through Wednesday evening.
Pyramids Hookah & Bar got its liquor license suspended for flouting pandemic-related rules, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office said.
The beer garden was one of four Astoria establishments that got their liquor licenses suspended for violating coronavirus-related rules.
About 27,000 Queens households were still without power Friday afternoon, three days after Tropical Storm Isaias hit New York City.
Police are looking for a burglar accused of breaking into four businesses in Forest Hills and Rego Park overnight Monday.
Thousands of residents in and around Bayside were still without power Friday morning, days after Tropical Storm Isaias hit New York City.
After a six-week delay, City Council Member Donovan Richards was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for Queens borough president.
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney was certified as the winner of the Democratic primary after a six-week delay to count absentee ballots.
The city started disassembling several COVID-19 testing sites on school grounds in preparation for students' return to the classroom.
Kazan Mangal got its liquor license pulled for repeatedly letting diners eat and drink indoors, state officials said.
The health department is sending low-flying helicopters over parts of northeast Queens to spray a mosquito-killing treatment.
See how Tropical Storm Isaias made its mark on Forest Hills as it tore through the city Tuesday.
The FDNY's marine unit braved the choppy waters of Little Neck Bay during Tropical Storm Isaias to rescue two stranded boaters.
Storm winds as strong as 71 mph sent trees and debris crashing onto power lines Tuesday, causing outages for 257,000 city households.
See how Tropical Storm Isaias made its mark on Astoria as it tore through the city Tuesday.
The MTA on Tuesday suspended all outdoor subway service after strong winds caused trees and other debris to fall on the tracks.
A 60-year-old man was killed in Briarwood midday Tuesday after strong winds from Tropical Storm Isaias knocked a tree onto his car.