Governor Kathy Hochul has directed state agencies to begin immediate inspections of energy storage sites, which are necessary for large-scale wind and solar energy generation.
Here’s a bite-sized look at what else we’re hearing:Ī New York working group will study the safety of battery energy storage systems after recent fires across the state this summer, including in East Hampton. Declaring fentanyl trafficking a national emergency, which gives the president more powers to impose international sanctions against China, Russia and other manufacturers of the synthetic opioid.Electric Boat could see a portion of $470 million for the Navy’s Virginia Class submarines. More than $1 billion for Connecticut’s defense and manufacturing industries, including Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky.Nearly $700 million for the World Trade Center Health Program, which closes a long-term funding shortfall and opens the program to first responders from the Pentagon and Shanksville, Penn., where one plane crashed on 9/11.A conference committee now has to reconcile the two different versions. The House passed its own version earlier in the month.
Last week, the Senate approved their version of the National Defense Authorization Act. Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding are coming to the region through the latest defense appropriations bill.
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