Davisburg trucker turned away in NYC after hauling power transformers

Mike James, an independent trucker, said he and three other truckers …  slept in their trucks before attempting to deliver the 144 transformers to emergency workers.

When they arrived Wednesday, they were turned away by Con Edison employees because they were not union workers.

And:

Bloomberg: The National Guard in Coney is a bad idea

“We don’t need it,” Mayor Bloomberg said [regarding the National Guard coming in to provide security] “The NYPD is the only people we want on the street with guns.”

So if NYC doesn’t need electrical transformers or help providing security on the streets, then that sounds to me like their problems are pretty well solved. Certainly they don’t need any assistance (and definitely not dollars) from FEMA. And of course, that makes reports like the one below pure unadulterated fiction:

‘It’s like the Wild West’: Lawlessness and fear take over the outer boroughs as millions in misery endure a sixth day without power