his name is mike hervey.ils were given about why he's stepping down but his resignation comes as you know amid growing backlash that lipa is facing. keeping them honest tonight, we are still trying to get answers for thousands of lipa's customers in new york who are still without power more than two weeks after the storm. nearly 50,000 are waiting for their power to be restored and they understandably are furious. >> don't get me started. this was handled so poorly. >> most of this block got power yesterday. we still don't have it. you can't do anything when your hands are cold. it's just hard. >> it's not just that they didn't get the power on for 15 days and it's not just that they wouldn't provide us any information. it's that they provided misinformation every step of the way. >> mismanagement has been obvious. that man is part of a class action suit against lipa. we asked lipa repeatedly to come on the program, every day since the storm. they've said no every time. the invitation is still open. today deb

the guy in charge of lipa was mike hervey. the bus stopped with him. he's decided to leave. governor como said this thing needs top to bottom overhaul. here's what really went wrong. lipa ignored the warning signs. we had a hurricane a year ago. lipa knew another one was coming. they neglected those warnings signs. too many people were without power. too many people were without lights. the head of lipa has now left lipa and now we need to appoint somebody who is going to put that agency through a top-to-bottom reform. we're not asking them to figure out how to get us out of afghanistan or how to cure cancer. we're asking them how to keep the lights on. and they failed on that task. >> you got a bunch of furious long islanders i've got to tell you which any politician knows is not a pretty thing. all right, sir, nice to see you steve israel joining us this morning we appreciate it. still ahead on "starting point" this morning, if you want to secede from the united states, the white house is going to look into that for you. there's a number of petitions popping up about seces