POWERLESS: STATEN ISLAND! Now that the Queens power outage seems to be under control after more than a week, reports are coming in that, as of late afternoon today, a major outage has affected 16,000 residents on Staten Island. That's according to AP and Assemblyman Vincent Ignizio, as per WNBC New York (online and on air, respectively). Here's WCBS-TV New York on the breaking story.