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T he blackout that hit New York on this day, July 13, in 1977 was to many a metaphor for the gloom that had already settled on the city. An economic decline, coupled with rising crime rates and ...

Here’s a shock – the cash-strapped city announced yesterday it’s pulling the plug on all parking tickets given out during the Great Blackout of 2003. The move came a day after The… ...

If the city went dark again, most New Yorkers believe a disaster on the scale of 1977 would not be repeated. Twenty years later, New Yorkers might find themselves in the dark, but not necessarily ...

NEW YORK - On July 13, 1977, 45 years ago Wednesday, a major blackout hit New York City. For 25 hours, the darkness led to total chaos, with widespread looting and fires in the streets.