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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, APRIL 28, 2019
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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BY AIDAN GRAHAM
Southern Brooklyn is expecting a
fl ood of cash!
New York State will soon
spend big bucks to protect floodprone
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 lowrise
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 three-part
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,
low-lying 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 phasethree
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.
Getting lit
Boro’s fl ood-prone communities
receive investment from Albany
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