Pols say National Grid still faces outcry over service cut
BOROUGHWIDE — National Grid’s announcement that it would do an about-face and end its moratorium on gas service to new customers didn’t impress two outspoken Brooklyn lawmakers who said the company is still likely to face backlash.
But Assemblymember William Colton and Councilmember Mark Treyger also said they were relieved when they learned that National Grid had decided to provide gas service to new customers and to reinstate customers whose service had been turned off.
Colton, a Democrat representing Gravesend and parts of Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights, credited Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had threatened to strip National Grid of its monopoly, with getting the company to end its moratorium.