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Senate Holds Hearing on LIPA Storm Response

Posted by Jack M. Martins on Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Senator Martins Stresses the Need to Work with Local Governments in the Future

The Senate Standing Commitee on Investigations and Government Operations, chaired by Senator Carl Marcellino, held a hearing on LIPA’s response to the Irene and the efforts to restore power to communities that lost power during the storm.

From the Desk of Senator Jack M. Martins

Posted by Jack M. Martins on Monday, November 19th, 2012

The Truth about LIPA

LIPA failed us miserably – from pre-storm preparations right through communicating when power would be restored after the storm. No arguments.

Naturally, as public servants, our job is to take public authorities like LIPA to task and take a good, hard look at why it failed us after Superstorm Sandy. But I participated in this dog and pony show last year after Hurricane Irene and frankly, it accomplished very little except some convenient transfer of blame and lots of finger pointing. One positive: it’s given me a few months to better see the bigger picture and zero in on where the real problems lie.