Costa Constantinides, who’s running for Queens
borough president, announced his climate plan at
Broad Channel on the anniversary of Hurricane
Sandy. Courtesy of Constantinides’ office
Constantides unveils
his new climate plan
BY ANGELICA ACEVEDO
It’s been seven years
since Superstorm Sandy
battered Queens’
coastal communities
and killed 11 residents,
and to mark the weighty
anniversary, borough
president candidate
Costa Constantinides
revealed his ambitious
climate plan last week.
“Queens residents
deserve leadership that
ensures they aren’t displaced
by rising tides or
rising rents,” Constantinides
said, according
to a press release. “Sadly,
seven years after
Sandy killed 11 of our
neighbors, destroyed
our coastal communities
and eroded our
shores, we are still unprepared
for the next
big storm.”
Constantinides, who
has chaired the New
York City Council’s Environmental
Protection
Committee since 2015,
believes that the borough’s
residents aren’t
prepared for another
hurricane’s “violent
weather, rising sea levels
and extreme heat.”
As borough president,
he plans to make
Queens a leader for sustainability,
resiliency
and green job creation
in the city.
One of the priorities
of his climate plan is to
close dirty power plants
in Queens by 2025 or
sooner.
Constantinides believes
that closing power
plants that were built
in the early 2000s will
not only make it more
affordable to “keep the
lights on,” but will also
help northwest and
southeast Queens residents
breathe cleaner
air, as they have a
“higher asthma rates
than the boroughwide
average.”
He also wants to create
50,000 green jobs by
promoting Career and
Technical Education for
high school students,
double Queens’ green
spaces by using capital
dollars to plant more
trees and bioswales,
and install solar panels
on public buildings —
all by 2030.
To execute these
plans, Constantinides
will create a new deputy
borough president
for sustainability.
“The plan we’re announcing
today will put
Queens on the course
to a stronger, safer future
that protects these
neighborhoods by making
them more sustainable,”
Constantinides
said. “Our movement
will make Queens be the
national leader on green
policies that create
good jobs that serve as
a pathway to the middle
class.”
Reach reporter Angelica
Acevedo by e-mail at
aacevedo@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at
(718) 260-2508.
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