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NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY NOW GIVEN SOLE AUTHORITY TO BUILD NEW POWER PLANTS IN STATE — MUST BE 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY.
WPCNR ALBANY ROUNDS. State Senator Kristen Gonzalez (SD-59 Brooklyn,Queens) has issued the following statement on the significance of the Build Public Renewals Act. February 16, 2023:
“Yesterday, the New York state Senate took decisive action on climate justice by passing the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA). This legislation will transform the energy sector in New York by allowing the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to own and build new energy-generating projects, which they cannot currently do.
The BPRA requires NYPA to be the sole electricity provider for all state and municipal buildings and mandates that NYPA provide 100 percent renewable energy by 2030. These provisions are essential in ensuring New York meets its goals set out by the CLCPA.
For low-income New Yorkers struggling with exorbitant energy costs, NYPA would be authorized to sell energy at a price 50 percent below what private utilities charge.
My constituents sent me to Albany with a mandate to deliver on climate justice. District 59 is a waterfront district home to generations of New Yorkers who have suffered at the hands of fossil fuel companies.
My district produces a significant portion of New York City’s energy and contains what is known as “asthma alley” in Astoria. In addition, my district is home to Newtown creek, the site of the largest underground oil spill in the country, which generations of Greenpointers have had to live with the consequences of.
For years, neighbors in my district have been fighting back. Mere blocks from our district, the community has been organizing against the North Brooklyn Pipeline.
Over the last few years, neighbors in Astoria and Stuyvesant Town have organized and defeated proposed new power plants.
District 59 is demanding that we transition our energy sector off fossil fuels. The BPRA takes important steps to accomplish that transition, while simultaneously creating good green jobs with strong labor protections.
I want to thank the advocates who have been relentless in demanding Albany pass this bill, and I want to thank my colleagues for their hard work to get us to this point.
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NY STATE SENATE REJECTS JUSTICE HECTOR LASALLE AGAIN AFTER REPUBLICAN CHALLENGE.
WPCNR ALBANY ROUNDS, From State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. February 15, 2023:
| “Today, the Senate Majority will once again rise to our leadership responsibilities and end the ongoing distraction of the Justice Hector LaSalle nomination. We maintain that the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote on Justice LaSalle’s nomination was a faithful execution of the judicial nomination procedure. The Senate acted constitutionally by following our own set of rules, which as a separate branch of government, we are empowered to create and follow under the State Constitution. Despite being in accordance with our State laws, the outcome of that Judiciary hearing has not been accepted by all members of government. The recent court case brought by Republican Senators proves that prolonging the LaSalle nomination – which never had the requisite votes to pass – is merely a wedge issue to distract us from other pressing matters at hand. We have a state to run. The 2023-2024 $227 billion dollar budget is due in six weeks. Our highest court has no appointed Chief Judge, and we need the court system to function. This court case, if allowed to continue, would’ve dragged on for months and stymied our judicial system. It’s time to put this matter to rest.” (Editor’s Note: Previously the Senate Majority leader lead the Senate to vote to add three Democratic Senators not in favor of Judge LaSalle, (Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Appeals) as Court of Appeals Chief Justice who would have been approved by the Republicans on the 16-member Judiciary Committee, had not State Senate Majority Leader added three more judges to the committee. The Committee vote not to approve Judge LaSalle, was 10-9, with the three Democratic Senators added all voting to reject Judge LaSalle. Politco quoted Governor Kathy Hochul on the circumstances of the rejection of Judge LaSalle in the State Senate Judiciary Committee: “While this was a thorough hearing, it was not a fair one, because the outcome was predetermined. Several senators stated how they were going to vote before the hearing even began — including those who were recently given seats on the newly expanded Judiciary Committee. While the Committee plays a role, we believe the Constitution requires action by the full Senate.”) |