Power outage cancels two events

A power outage at Terrace on the Park caused a Queens Chamber of Commerce St. Patrick’s Day luncheon with Mayor Michael Bloomberg scheduled as its guest speaker to be cancelled and Elmhurst Hospital’s 50th Anniversary Dinner to be postponed on Thursday, March 15.
“The fuses blew and took down all our electricity throughout the building,” said Terrace on the Park General Manager and Spokesperson Mark Gelfand. “The power went out at 8:30 a.m., and we thought we could get it up in time for the lunch, but unfortunately, it didn’t happen.”
The Con Edison staff and Parks Department were on site working all day to restore the power, and finally restored it at 11:30 p.m. that night.
“We’ve hired a specialized consulting firm to evaluate the problem so that it never happens again,” Gelfand said.
The Queens Chamber of Commerce event will not be rescheduled, but the Elmhurst Hospital affair has already been rescheduled for April 12.
Gelfand said Terrace on the Park has not calculated the amount of money lost due to the power outage because they focused on serving their customers who were inconvenienced that day.
“We’ve hired a specialized consulting firm to evaluate the problem so that it never happens again,” Gelfand said.