NEED BACKUP: From left, Councilman Alan Maisel, Paramedic Sal Caruso, Lieutenant Gov. Kathy Hochul,
Community Reconstruction Program Director Christopher Gorman, and Flatlands Ambulance Corps
Public Relations Officer Joseph Auerbach announce the Solar Power and Battery Backup Power Program.
Photo by Steve Solomonson
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Southern Brooklyn is expecting
a fl ood of cash!
New York State will soon
spend big bucks to protect
flood-prone communities in
Brooklyn.
The Governor’s Office of
Storm Recovery launched
a multi-million dollar effort
on April 22 to prevent
power failures during future
extreme weather events
in low-rise New York City
neighborhoods.
“With severe weather
events becoming more frequent,
we have to be prepared
and ensure our first
responders and essential
facilities are prepared for
power outages,” said Lieutenant
Governor Kathy
Hochul at a press conference
for the announcement.
“These upgrades are part
of our continued efforts to
rebuild and address the
needs of storm-damaged
communities.”
Phase one of the threepart
effort — officially
named the Solar Power and
Battery Backup Power Program
— which was spawned
in the aftermath of Superstorm
Sandy and Hurricane
Irene, will begin later this
year with a $980,400 investment
in community facilities
in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
Of those phase-one
funds, $265,331 will be earmarked
for upgrades to the
Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance
Corps in Southeast
Brooklyn, and $159,801 will
be allocated to Birch Family
Services residential facility
in Canarsie, which provides
supervised residential care
for individuals with disabilities,
according to the
governor’s office.
The cash will go toward
retrofitting critical buildings
in vulnerable communities
with solar panel systems
and energy storage
units, which would provide
access to electricity in the
event of flooding, according
to a representative with Solar
One, a clean energy company
tasked with carrying
out the project.
“When Superstorm
Sandy devastated the traditional
power supply of
New York City, hundreds
of solar installations in
the city could not be utilized
because they did not
have the ability to store energy,”
said Angelica Ramdhari.
“We are excited to
provide reliable backup
power to underserved, lowlying
communities through
solar power coupled with
energy storage systems.”
Phase-two of the project
will focus on improving
the energy systems in four
Brooklyn Public Library
facilities, and phase-three
will retrofit several more
community facilities across
Southern Brooklyn, according
to the project’s head.
“The Solar Power and Battery
Backup Power Program
embodies the overwhelming
desire of NY Rising Community
Reconstruction Planning
Committees to apply
lessons learned from recent
storms and, in the process,
to cultivate more sustainable
communities that will
benefit generations of New
Yorkers to come,” said Emily
Thompson.
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Boro’s fl ood-prone communities
receive investment from Albany
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