article_snippet.sent: In early April, according to the New York Post, a plumber allegedly admitted to law enforcement that a plumber created an illegal gas connection in the building.
article_snippet.sent: a new service' was locked, meaning that gas could not be accessed by a new service'.'
article_snippet.sent: A plumber allegedly admitted to law enforcement earlier this month that A plumber had created an illegal gas connection at the site of the explosion .
article_snippet.sent: Con Edison has previously said that Con Edison was replacing a small pipe with a larger one that would allow both the building residents and the sushi restaurant to receive gas.
article_snippet.sent: Restaurant owner Hyeonil Kim told the New York Times Restaurant owner Hyeonil Kim believed that the residents had been getting gas since the summer from a pipe coming from landlord Maria Hyrnenko other building next door.