Power is being restored at the Baruch Houses, but residents are still without gas and elevator service after a cement truck overturned in Manhattan, knocking out for power for public housing residents.
The truck fell into an active construction site and onto a gas line at the Baruch Houses around 10:30 a.m. on the Lower East Side.
It's not confirmed why the truck overturned. One person was brought to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries, and the truck was lifted later in the day.
Sources said fuel did not spill, but, as a precautionary measure, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and Con Edison shut down gas and electricity and the city fire department shut down elevator service at Building Three.
The city said around 4 p.m. that electricity returned, but residents were waiting for elevator and gas service to be turned back on. NYCHA officials were handing out hot plates in the evening.
Mayor de Blasio tweeted that NYCHA will visit residents and hand out hot plates.
"It's just tough to be inconvenienced like this just, you know, to have my kids and my granddaughter. It's just hot in the house so it's not easy," said one NYCHA resident.
Cooling centers were available for residents during the day.