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Story: Queens actor Lorenzo Antonucci starring in
hit TV series
Summary: Lorenzo Antonucci, a Latino actor, writer
and producer born in Brooklyn and raised on the
streets of Jamaica, is executive producer, writer
and star of the currently trending hit drama series
“Paradise City.”
Reach: 5,371 (as of 04/26/21)
Plugging into change
When seemingly the entire world
shut down last spring as the COVID-
19 pandemic went into high gear, an
interesting, yet not surprising, phenomenon
occurred.
Th e environment changed in cities
all over the world, albeit temporarily.
Th e lack of land and air travel,
the absence of exhaust-emitting vehicles,
literally cleared the skies and even
waterways.
Th is cleanup came at a terrible cost
that we’re still paying for today, in
human life and economic suff ering.
Yet this pandemic poses the opportunity
to build a better city, country
and world not only for ourselves, but
unborn generations to come.
Green, renewable energy must be
front and center in the recovery eff ort.
We know that the current administrations
at City Hall, and in Albany and
Washington, support the construction
of a new infrastructure that will help
move our country away from fi lthy
fossil fuels toward cleaner, more effi -
cient alternatives.
Still, there are some who would
rather just go back to the way things
were before the pandemic, who are
unwilling to change the way we power
our cars, our homes, our society. To
continue clinging to the way things
are only keeps us stuck in the past, and
doesn’t advance us toward the future.
New York City and state have invested
billions in remaking the energy
infrastructure — from approving a
wind farm in Sunset Park, to expanding
solar power, to making a commitment
to electrify the public school
bus fl eet by 2035. And there’s more
to come.
Th e Green New Deal is being pitched
again in Congress. Th e program represents
a real chance to simultaneously
modernize the energy infrastructure,
re-energize the economy and
reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
Th ere may be items in the Green
New Deal which aren’t ideal that could
be removed from the fi nal plan. But
we fi nd it hard to believe that people
of all parties cannot fi nd common
ground in developing a plan that
boosts our own energy production,
provides new jobs and cleans up our
skies, land and rivers.
We can’t settle for the status quo
and stick to the same old technology.
Th e times that we live in demand that
we change. We must adapt, or we will
perish under the weight of our own
ignorance.
As Th omas Edison, the inventor of
the light bulb, said, “If we did all the
things we are capable of, we would literally
astound ourselves.”
Photo by Gabriele Holtermann
Queens residents rally in favor of the Green New Deal at Rufus King Park in Jamaica.
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