On Tuesday, March 18, the Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Trustees took a stand against the expansion of fracked gas pipelines in our region and called upon Governor Hochul to do the same. The resolution, which passed unanimously, rejects two specific projects: Project Maple, a proposed expansion of the Algonquin (AIM) fracked gas pipeline running dangerously close to the Indian Point nuclear power plant, and another attempt to build the previously defeated Williams Constitution Pipeline.
Project Maple
Following up on a recent meeting between Governor Hochul and President Trump, during which he specifically urged her to approve the Constitution Pipeline, the Board calls on the Governor to block both fossil fuel pipeline projects. The resolution states that Project Maple, which would run through Rockland and Westchester counties, “would interfere with and negatively impact the Hudson River ecosystem and economy that relies on the tourism and health of those waters” and “significantly increase the fracked gas volume, escalating environmental and health risks in the Hudson Valley and beyond.” Further, the resolution further states that the Constitution Pipeline, the first major pipeline built in a decade, would “bring dirty fracked gas from Pennsylvania and through the Southern Tier in New York, thus endangering New Yorkers’ air, water and climate.”
Costs to Ratepayers will Increase
Additionally, if these projects go through, it will hit local residents in their pocket books at a time when Con Edison is proposing double digit increases. In subsidizing the construction of expensive, dirty fossil fuel projects, New Yorkers will find themselves paying higher bills for worse air and the pollution of the Hudson River
“Our energy bills are already too high, and fighting for clean air and water and a healthy environment is critically important for all of us,” said Natalie Polvere, Yonkers resident and co-chair of the NYCD16/15 Indivisible Environment Committee.
“I hope the City of Yonkers will follow the example of Hastings-on-Hudson and pass a resolution against this climate-damaging fossil fuel infrastructure build-out, which would spell more pollution and still higher bills for Yonkers and all of New York.”
What Can You Do?
Ask for a City of Yonkers resolution against more fossil fuel infrastructure
Contact your City Council Member. Click here to find your Council Member by your address.
City Council President: Citywide. Lakisha Collins Bellamy 914-377-6060 or lakisha.collins-bellamy@yonkersny.gov
City Council District 1: Deana Robinson 914-377-6311 or deana.robinson@yonkersny.gov
City Council District 2: Corazon Pineda-Isaac 914-377-6312 or corazon.pineda.isaac@yonkersny.gov
City Council District 3: Tasha Diaz 914-377-6313 or tasha.Diaz@yonkersny.gov
City Council District 4: John Rubbo 914-377-6314 or John.Rubbo@yonkersny.gov
City Council District 5: Mike Breen 914-377-6315 or mike.breen@yonkersny.gov
City Council District 6: Anthony Merante 914-377-6316 or Anthony.Merante@yonkersny.gov
