No one needs a blackout. Con Edison is asking some customers in southeastern Queens to conserve energy while crews repair equipment. The company has reduced voltage by 8% to the area while the work is done.

Con Edison asks Southeast Queens residents to save energy during repairs amid a heatwave, affecting roughly 6,200 customers.

Dangerously hot temperatures gripped New York City and the Tri-State area again on Tuesday making it feel like a furnace outside and shattering records in the process. The official temperature in New York City reached 99 degrees in Central Park just before 4:00 p.