Originally Posted by Relentless

As well they should. I owned a NYC electrical shop for a long while. The New York City electrical code is a much thicker book than you might imagine. Fire suppression systems and power for skyscrapers are not run on Romex and low voltage splice work. Having the job done wrong would be exceptionally more dangerous and harder to fix than waiting an extra day of two to have the job done right.

I'm all for out of towners removing trees and helping with recovery, but I wouldn't let anyone touch a major electrical nexus in Manhattan who wasn't already very familiar with the work and stringently credentialed. It's a very different world from what most competent electricians are used to...

Lots can be done and is being done by additional manpower but doing it right has to come before doing it fast with some parts of the recovery in my honest opinion.