Where is PSEG. They seem to be on vacation ftom Teaneck?

I noticed that they are ignoring any inquiries via twitter. I have asked for a status update or even that they verify that my area of Teaneck is being worked on and they ignore my posts. However they respnd to everyone elsewhere questions. Is pseg working on Teaneck? I say as usual they are lying and they are not. PSEG LIES!!!!!

Forest Ave in Paramus which is a main artery has been closed since Tuesday. How is this even possible? I'm ready to move the downed tree myself.

How is it that the area by Teaneck High is not a priority zone - we have multiple streets still blocked by trees and or power lines - does the town expect kids to walk through these dangerous areas?

J- it's not that the area near Teaneck High is not a priority zone. It's that Teaneck is not a priority. PSEG is good at four things:
1. Lying
2. Taking your money
3. Lying
4. Lying

If anyone that believes that pseg is working 24/7 on the issues is a fool. PSEG does not want to pay the overtime nor do they want to pay any outside contractors. Work is being done during normal business hours with the usual number if workers and that is it.

Parmelee ave in fair lawn also w/o power - going on day 5

All of Nothern Bergen County has been hit. Not just Teaneck and repairs are slow going. But when your area is cleared you go to where? The next uncleared area. My son and Grandson walked into Wyckoff today. About a mile from our house. Stop and shop was open and CVS. Everything else looked like a ghost town. Food in refrigerators in s/s. roped off as it is spoiled. Reg staples still available. Gas stations closed. But at least the fresh air and exercise was good. Hope tomorrow brings some good news.

I live in Mahwah by the way. You actually see trucks? Lucky you. One tree miraculously was cut up and moved today but it only cleared the road to more detours. The DPW can only do so much when downed lines are involved. The may look dead but a lot aren't. They have to wait for power to get turned off. What are their names again? Oh yeah. O & R. PSE &G. I vaguely remember them. Must be mutual. They don't seem to remember us. Good luck. Celeste

Not seeing trucks since first day when they parked in New Milford not much power restoration either. What the heck is going on this is crazy.

I've seen trucks all over Teaneck , lot of standing around and assessing the situation. I thought progress was being made but the post by t_r has me thinking twice about all this. (Regarding the overtime issue)
That would not be good.
This feels like some kind of bad sci fi movie. Stay positive.

Am

Paramus resident. No power for 4 days. PSE&G are a bunch of incompetent liers! No Wonder Christie demands to throw out their rules book. I am going to delay my bill payments as much as possible each month for each day without power. Who's joining?

KA,
I live in Mahwah, we don't have power from Tuesday,but all company have power......
Please do some things....Our condos no hat water an no heat an we have little kids.....
KA

Check with your states representatives and ask them why they were willing to send non-union Alabama workers home who volunteered to help all of you get your power back on. Maybe they can explain it to you in a way that makes some sense, because in all honesty, it seems they just DO NOT care all that much who or how much suffers.

http://www.waff.com/story/19981857/some-nonunion-ala-crews-turned-away-from-sandy-recovery

Arnold Spelling- we are also delaying our bill for each day of no power. Pseg is a joke.

I live near the recycling center in fair lawn where police and borough officials fill up on gas. You would think that would be a priority but day number 5 and not a pse&g truck in sight

I agree with CaraGia. I am outraged that power crews are being sent to Long Island because they are Non-Union. Are the unions in New Jersey so insensitive that they turn down help. I bet union households are the first with power back on.
I am going to call my State Legislators and demand that NJ be made a right to work state and that PSEG be allowed to throw out these union idiots!

Cara Giant. you made your point. Now you are nothing but a spammer. I want to see this from something other than a web site with an axe ti grind before U a

Sorry...sending from phone. I want to see this from a REPUTABLE site before I get my outrage on.

@PSEGdelivers does not respond to any direct tweets regarding Teaneck. It's fascinating to see--they're very quick to retweet praise but very sadly lacking in substantive info. I've been in Waldwick, Ridgewood, Glen Rock and Fair Lawn over the last 24 hours and have seen plenty of activity and progress. The CBDs in Ridgewood and GR are bustling. Why is Teaneck being ignored?

Teaneck_residents, pse&g also ignored my twitter inquiries about status of efforts to restore power in fort lee while continuing to provide updates on areas where efforts are well underway. It may only be twitter but I have a hunch bergen county is low on their priority list.

No power in Hasbrouck Heights either since monday.. And haven't seen one pseg truck anywhere.. Where are they?? Every one in bergen county seems to be saying tbe same thing. Where is PSEG ???

There is not much going on in here in Paramus either, although there are plenty of trucks lined up at the Garden State Plaza. Not sure what they are doing there though. They sure aren't fixing the downed power lines near my house. I will be delaying my payment as well.

Teaneck needs to have a massive protest at the mayors office to account for the incompetency of this towns management during this disaster. They have left this town stranded without any communication or assistance. I still cant get anyone to move the towns tree that is tied up in pseg's wires and blocking my front door.
PSEG Is a Joke and they should be ashamed of their so called service to our community.

Alise- most people take things lying down. If the residents want to protest i'll be there. But we need to do this NOW!!!!

We need a voice and we need to get loud. This is the fourth time in my years here that We have been without power but once it comes back on people forged until the next time. If people want to go protest then let's go now and let's get loud.

Day 5 - no power in Teaneck and in my area there are NO downed trees and NO downed wires. It makes NO sense. PSEG claimed it spent millions after last year's storm to ensure that outages and restoration times were minimized going forward. And as far as our town manager (once a police officer who resigned to take another position and then sued the township for pension and wages) - he should be FIRED for not managing!!! This is insane.......no heat, no eletricity, no food and NO updates. I haven't seen ANY utility crews at work since the storm ended and now it's getting cold out. How dare Teaneck charge us so much in taxes and then no rally for the residents to ensure that we are given the services that we require. It's disgusting that the vast majority of the town has been ignored...DAY 5 and counting with NO UPDATES!!

Martha- I read this as well. I'm calling the governor's office. But i'm sure he will just hug me and say everything will be "ok".

Has Begen County been declared a disaster zone yet? I agree a mass demonstration with media attention may sadly be the only way to get attention. I am not insensitive to the destruction and loss of life around our state but please can we get some leadership in this town that can communicate effectively

Everyone

Pick a time and let's get to town hall and start a protest and ask for the town managers head. Let's set a time and let's roll.

And by the way...where is the mayor?

Wow. Obviously all of you gripers have not seen the news about this storm. Consider yourself lucky that your family is safe, or that you aren't flooded or that your whole town hasn't burnt to the ground. There is a system to getting power back. Put blankets over yourself, give your family a hug and volunteer to help someone who really needs it.

George Thomas and allthe fellow Teaneck residenrts.

As residents we need to crucify PSEG and the township for this mess. PSEG for the lack of response and the township for lack if communication and assistance. If it were it for Noah we would have no idea what is going on. PSEG and the township are about as useless as the garbage we toss out each night. Let's rally now and take this is head on.

S-Teaneck,

We are fed up with Teaneck and PSEG if you don't like it tough. We are frustrated at the lack of service from the township and pseg. So do us a favor and shut up.

@SG-Teaneck. You must have power as you've 'seen' the news. We are all feeling blessed that no life has been lost and that material loss has been minimal. That does not negate the lack of information or responisveness from the town and the utility company.

Let us gather at the Teaneck municipal building at 6PM today....... and can someone find out the street address of the township manager... so we can take our protest to his place...

I'll be here at 6pm. I'm walkingthe all the way there from river road as to conserve gas for any medical emergency.

The township manager does not live in Teaneck. Good luck walking to Jackson, NJ to protest in front of his house.

As far as the protest, good luck with that as well. Hopefully, you won't get arrested for disturbing the peace...especially in these precarious and resource-limited times. Godspeed.

The only person I received emails from were Ellie Katz. I have to say that if nothing else he does step up to the plate. All the others dead silence.

And yes, i'm thankful that we are alive and safe but each outage is longer and longer.

Here are the email addresses of our elected town officials:
Mayor - m.hameed@teanecknj.gov
Deputy Mayor - agussen@teanecknj.gov
Council:
katz07666@teanecknj.gov
mschwartz@teanecknj.gov
lparker@teanecknj.gov
hpruitt@teanecknj.gov
ystern@teanecknj.gov

It's not a matter of being thankless (we all realize it could have been worse and pray for those who sufferred loss of life/homes/possessions) it's a matter of communication and receiving updates.

You people really think the town manager and council can fix the power?? FUNNY! PSEG DOES NOT CARE ABOUT TEANECK OR THE TOWN COUNCIL!! wake up and calm down!

@JamesTS: We don't think they can physically fix the power...... but We do think they are not doing their jobs....... Why PSEG is fixing power in other towns and we can not see a single truck/crew in Teaneck?....... What are other towns doing that Teaneck seem to not do...... That is what we are after....... And YES.... you need to calm down...

@ Zizi....so what do you want the township manager to do as it relates to PSEG?

@Tee: Do what other township managers have done to get results..... it is his job to find out what it is and than just do it...... also... where is the department of public works.... it has been days and streets are full of fallen trees...... The list goes on...... I have not seen a single DPW employee since Monday

At 9am I saw three PSEG trucks exit RT4 Eastbound at Queen Anne Road. Hopefully they are repairing equipment or lines. Not to minimalize the loss of life and horrible damage on the shore or in other states, but communication from PSEG and Teaneck council has been poor. People are entitled to information. Most people have cellphones and could receive blast callls from PSEG or from Teaneck with updates. I have been receiving regular updates from other organizations but not from these agencies.

A spokesman for Huntsville Utilites, which is out of Huntsville, ALABAMA has dismissed the union discrimination story as FALSE. It is a lie being perpetuated by radical right-wing sources who care more about their agenda than they do about people's suffering. Right, CaraGia?

Is it true that a utility has turned back help from out of state utility workers because they were non union????????

It is a blatant lie. Non-union utility workers were not turned back.

Http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/11/huntsville_utilities_denies_cl.html#incart_river_default

I just spoke to a group of tree cutters from Missouri who have been here in Teaneck the entire week and got here before the storm (yes before the storm). They are working exclusively in our town and staying in Paramus. They are working right now just to free trees from power lines so PSEG can turn on the grid. There is unfortunately no advance coordination between them and pseg such that just before pseg turned on a grid between cedar lane and route 4 / between palisades and Teaneck road and they almost got electrocuted from a downed wire. Pseg cut power, brush fire was put out and they are waiting to hear from pseg whether they can start working again. Pseg sent a gas expert instead of an electrical expert so they are again waiting. Point is this - 1) people are working in this town to help 2) pseg are in town working to get power on 3) communication between town and pseg appears to be broken or inconsistent 4) communication from town leadership has either been nonexistent at best untimely and incomplete. Inaction does not lead to positive reaction - let your voices be heard and thanks to Noah for letting us use this forum to at least vent our frustration

If the damage in teaneck was minor, shouldn't we get power back faster. It should also be law that gas stations must have a generator. It seems to work in miami where that rule exists.

All of this and we're using each other to disseminate information on a public board privately run. Yet none of this info comes from our town mngmt/ police/ or pseg directly. Others can complain about our so called 'griping' but when u cant get into work to afford the $14,000 property tax that i pay, and waiting in line for gas for 5hr then you can comment on how i feel abt the total lack of communication in this town.
Im all for a 6pm rally..everyone should bring their flashlights to shine a light on this towns basic lack of common sense on how to handle an emergency.

any news about power by FDU area by River road and Rt 4 ??

And the unions are turning workers away because they are not affiliated to a union. What a shame, read the article
http://www.waff.com/story/19981857/some-nonunion-ala-crews-turned-away-from-sandy-recovery

As always the Devil's in the details- here is the quote from JCP&L- The non union crew WAS turned away- but not by JCP&L- what a crappy thing to do- read the quote in its entirety-
FULL COVERAGE: Sandy Hits NJ
JCP+L spokesman Ron Morano denies reports that the utility turned away help from non-union workers from Alabama.

“We have a great partnership (with our unions) and we non-union workers working as part of this restoration effort. Our unions understand this is an all-hands-on-deck effort and it was not Jersey Central Power and Light that turned away that crew,” Morano told New Jersey 101.5′s Jim Gearhart.

We have been with power since Monday. PSE&G, what about Teaneck? I have a toddler and an elderly disabled parent living in my home without heat or light. Can I skip my bill payment since PSE&G is not delivering the service they promised. Where is our help?

@Joan: Please be careful.... there are plenty here who would like to call you a "griper"

Anybody know when Hillsdale power will be back on?

Paul Smith. Dead wrong with a mean-spirited agenda.

got our power back yesterday afternoon, have seen Teaneck DPW trucks out and about along with PSEG trucks/crews.

here is the latest...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/02/1154248/-NJ-turns-away-power-crews-that-aren-t-union-Not-exactly
It's up to Decatur to own up or deny-

The way that Pseg is handling this is just too sloppy for words. This is unacceptable, there are no down trees in my area and I have been w/o power since 7:30pm Monday evening. I have several handicapped, elderly and babies in my building - nothing is being done by Pseg. I understand that this was the storm from hell - and I expected bumps in this road to recovery but going on 6 days with no power is unacceptable. We pay for a service we should receive it. Maybe if Pseg didn't have the monopoly of this area and we were able to pick carriers just like we can for cell service, then maybe they will move their asses a bit faster.

Hey Authur- I take it you did not read down about the folks with new bornes and elderly parents that are in the cold. Why don'tthe you askthe them toand get reLthe and gobuy watch MTV? You are a perfect example of the type if people that just lay down and take things. I on the over hand refuse to be walked on my PSEG. please do us all a favor and go for a swim in the Hackensack river and fade away.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/Non-union_power_crews_welcomed_in_NJ_to_help_restore_service_state_says.html

Last year after Irene I urged here on the patch that Teaneck officials needed to initiate a class action suit against PSE&G. It was clear to me after we lost power not during the storm but 6 hours after. This happened when a PSE&G truck pulled up and turned off our grid. PSE&G then left and we did not see a truck in our area for 3 days until one showed up and did about 2hrs worth of work then left with power finally restored. All the time driving to Upper Saddle to work everyday where I saw PSE&G trucks everywhere. This is not how a utility company should behave. PSE&G should be made to undergo a stress test. So we can see how prepared they REALLY are to return power when these powerful stormes occur. Each year we hear lip service regarding all these improvements and our downtime is increasing.
As a virtual lifelong Teaneck resident I would argue that PSE&G is getting worse at responding to these outages. A category 5 storm in 1979 came through and I saw trucks working to restore power 2 hours after the storm passed. We had power by the end of the day. What's the excuse with better technology and resources 30 plus years later? PSE&G likes to give lip service while at same time making sure their CEO makes just under 5M in total comp. Let's step up and make sure NJ officials make PSE&G perform a stress test done by independent people.Secondly, let PSE&G fight a class action suit to uncover their horrible response to another storm.

I haven't had power since Monday, however I do have a battery operated radio. I have walked around my neighborhood to know what has happened to friends and family. I personally know people in NY AND NJ who have lost everything. It's hard to believe that people are so oblivious to the magnitude of this situation. A little education on how the power grid works may be enlightening.

SG-Teaneck, AGREED!!!

So I leave my wife and kids at home 600 miles away to come here and work 16 hour days and live out of a suitcase.I'm working 16 hour days to restore your utilities and all that I get in return is. They're lazy, haven't seen trucks anywhere etc. take a walk around and look at the men who dropped everything and packed up and drove here to help, we're out here working every day. Just because you don't see a truck in your front yard doesn't mean no one is working.

Steve--THANK YOU!! The people on here are the first to complain and the last to get out from behind their computer screens and actually do something! I know how hard you guys are working and if I were subjected to the arrogance you're facing from the people you're trying to help, you're damn right I would want to sit and stare at the wires! So thank you for continuing to work hard under less than ideal circumstances. Some of us actually do appreciate you!!

Why is a part of fort lee STILL without electric! This is day 6! The condos on each side of our building has power - WHY NOT US! I have 2 yorkies and a cat and NO WHERE to GO! And YES I am also a sea bright resident with a home that I also can not get into-and yes I GET it with all destruction but where do we go?!!! And I need to get to my home in sea bright to shut off the water before the pipes freeze and cause more damage!

Why is a part of fort lee STILL without electric! This is day 6! The condos on each side of our building has power - WHY NOT US! I have 2 yorkies and a cat and NO WHERE to GO! And YES I am also a sea bright resident with a home that I also can not get into-and yes I GET it with all destruction but where do we go?!!! And I need to get to my home in sea bright to shut off the water before the pipes freeze and cause more damage!

i appreciate the crews that are not pse&g they responded hell lot faster then pse&g did.....and reply to Arthur Bonzolli
you probably sitting in front of your fire place drinkin a scotch. Dont tell ppl we dont care and that we are lucky ...we know the devastion of south jersey and surrouding areas...so shut up stop picking on ppl for their opionions go back to drinking ya scotch and sitting in front of your fire place dumb ass. You the spoiled brat not us save the drama for your MAMMA ...Arthur Bonzolli !