Con Ed Pays Millions To Reserve Parking Spaces for Utility Trucks

Con Ed Pays Millions to Reserve Parking Spaces for Utility Trucks
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 28: A man walks past Con Edison trucks lined up in Union Square in preparation for Hurricane Sandy damage on October 28, 2012 in New York City. Sandy, which has already claimed over 50 lives in the Caribbean, is predicted to bring heavy winds and floodwaters as the mid-atlantic region prepares for the damage. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 28: A man walks past Con Edison trucks lined up in Union Square in preparation for Hurricane Sandy damage on October 28, 2012 in New York City. Sandy, which has already claimed over 50 lives in the Caribbean, is predicted to bring heavy winds and floodwaters as the mid-atlantic region prepares for the damage. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

GREENWICH VILLAGE — Con Edison spends millions of dollars a year paying outsourced workers to stand on city streets to reserve parking spots wherever the utility needs to do construction — acting as human shields against drivers trying to park, DNAinfo New York has learned.

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