To date, Con Edison has paid out tens of millions of dollars in repairs, legal costs and compensation for people whose clothing, cars and other property were damaged in the explosion. VideoSome of the new information came to light after the state inspector general, Catherine Leahy Scott, investigated a fatal 2008 gas explosion in Flushing, Queens, in 2012. Her office found improprieties at Con Edison and the state Department of Public Service, or D.P.S., the investigative arm of the Public Service Commission, which regulates the utility. Mr. Klesin and Mr. Martello were both involved in the steam pipe inquiry. In May 2014, Justice Barbara Jaffe of State Supreme Court in Manhattan concurred.

Source: New York Times July 18, 2017 21:19 UTC