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Know the real culprits (lemmy.ml)

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wonder how Mamdani will handle these situations. Does he have the authority to tell Times Square to shut down their power consumption?

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

surely the city (not the mayor alone) can define non-essential power consumption and say "hey cut that shit out or get fined"?

I am assuming the city owns the power company. if not, wtf lol

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They do not own the power company, no. ConEd is private, but the state has some authority over it.

[–] sus@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He does have the authority to send whoever operates it a letter asking them to pretty please shut it down. Unlike with regular people however, the chance the recommendation will be followed is zero.