Harlem NYCHA building partially without power, AC due to outage amid extreme heat

For a second straight day, power outages were a theme across New York City, leaving part of a NYCHA apartment complex in Harlem without power since Thursday afternoon.

For residents at the NYCHA Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Towers on Lenox Avenue, some windows were wide open, as temperatures outside, despite triple-digit heat, were cooler than inside.

“I was sitting in my car, running my AC in my car, it doesn’t make any sense,” said Harlem resident Cassia Diomonde…

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