More than 850,000 New York homes and businesses are without electricity, most of them in the New York City area as Hurricane Sandy began to move onshore.
The number of customers losing power grew quickly through the day and accelerated into Monday evening.
About 775,000 of the customers affected as of about 7 p.m. are in New York City, Long Island and the northern suburbs.
About 81,000 more lost power in the rest of the state as the storm's stronger winds began to be felt.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says outages are expected to be widespread and long-lasting.
Power will be restored first to hospitals, mass transit and police, fire, sewage and water-pumping stations.
More than 850,000 New York homes and businesses are without electricity, most of them in the New York City area as Hurricane Sandy began to move onshore.
The number of customers losing power grew quickly through the day and accelerated into Monday evening.
About 775,000 of the customers affected as of about 7 p.m. are in New York City, Long Island and the northern suburbs.
About 81,000 more lost power in the rest of the state as the storm's stronger winds began to be felt.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says outages are expected to be widespread and long-lasting.
Power will be restored first to hospitals, mass transit and police, fire, sewage and water-pumping stations.
