Con Edison has agreed to pay $750,000 and implement a host of anti-harassment reforms to settle a lawsuit claiming it routinely ignored discrimination complaints brought by female field workers.

Feeling the heat from furious ratepayers, Gov. Kathy Hochul blasted Con Edison’s plan to zap its 3 million customers with double digit rate hikes.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York utility provider Con Edison has agreed to pay $750,000 and implement a host of anti-harassment reforms to settle a lawsuit claiming… ...

The Con Edison rate increase will extend to electric customers in most of New York City and Westchester county, and the utility’s gas customers who are concentrated in Manhattan and the Bronx.