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NYC-DSA Ecosocialists
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Official account for the NYC-DSA Ecosocialist Working Group 🌹🌎
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‼️ConEd and @Governor.ny.gov want to raise our bills AGAIN? Not without a fight 😡

This weekend we rallied with @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social to tell Hochul & her cronies to #StopTheCon 💰 and #MakePollutersPay

Tell them New Yorkers won’t pay more for dirtier energy: sunrisenyc.org/stopconed
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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When @governor.ny.gov tells you she wants affordable clean energy, don’t believe it. She’s doing Trump’s work for him, selling you out to the gas companies raising your bills.

NY needs to #BuildPublicRenewables, not pipelines!
Headline: Gov. Hochul OKs key permit for Trump-favored gas pipeline for NYC, North Jersey NYC is NOT a pipeline
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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The climate crisis is a man-made horror — but nothing scares those Big Oil ghouls more than organized ecosocialists 😱

Come party with us next Thursday to build some spoOoOoky solidarity 👻
actionnetwork.org/events/ecoso...
Spooky Solidarity party poster for NYC DSA Ecosocialists Costumes, movement building d.b.a — 41 1st Ave, New York, NY October 30th, 8-11pm Graphic: green skull in a boiling cauldron with mushrooms growing out of the eyes and a rose tucked into the cauldron handle
October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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When will @governor.ny.gov stop sucking up to Trump and start building the livable future New Yorkers need?

Hochul is selling out our future for fossil fuel profit. We don’t want back room pipeline deals and expensive bills - we need public renewables!
Inside Climate News headline: Federal actions make New York's energy future more uncertain At a Brooklyn church in early September, the advocacy group Public Power NY hosted a People’s Hearing for Public Renewables, where officials, environmentalists and a few dozen New York residents discussed the state’s renewable energy plans and expressed disappointment with Hochul’s progress. “We have a movement behind us that is fighting for something better,” said state senator Jabari Brisport, who represents a district in Brooklyn. “We have a governor who wants to drag her feet.” New York’s Climate Act requires the state to achieve a 40 percent reduction from 1990 levels in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an 85 percent reduction by 2050. The act also requires that 70 percent of the state’s electricity come from renewable sources by 2030. Residents were advocating for the New York Power Authority to build 15 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030, which they view as necessary to meet the state’s goal of net-zero emissions from the electricity grid by 2040. Currently, the utility plans to build 7 gigawatts of renewable energy, despite state law requiring it to fill all gaps in electricity generation left by the private sector. “Hurricane Ida completely destroyed my district,” said former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, whose district included White Plains and Yonkers. “We need a governor with human-centered leadership… and if not, we need a new governor.”
October 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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While @governor.ny.gov ties us to toxic gas plants and destructive pipelines, the rest of world builds clean, affordable energy at record rates. Hochul and Trump aren’t just walking us backwards, they’re sprinting.

Are we going to keep falling behind, or #BuildPublicRenewables?
October 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Last day to demand @governor.ny.gov build public renewables, not pipelines! 🌹

Our movement is racking up W’s, but we’re only just getting started. Help keep up the fight for the full public renewables we need! ✊

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October 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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New Yorkers will be the difference between a livable future and fossil fuel disaster ⚡️

Only one week left to tell @governor.ny.gov & the Energy Planning Board to #BuildPublicRenewables - not pipelines! actionnetwork.org/letters/plan...
Your Words Build Our Future Use our letter tool: Tell Governor Hochul & the Energy Planning Board to build public renewables, not pipelines!
September 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Nothing says clean energy like 42 fossil-fuel guzzling private jet flights, right Justin??? 😵‍💫✈️

Instead of building public renewables so New Yorkers can actually afford their energy bills, NYPA's CEO is more focused on flying private (in a major Amtrak corridor‼️)
LoHud headline: New York Power Authority champions clean energy. Its executives fly in a private jet. By Thomas C. Zambito The New York Power Authority has embraced the state’s clean energy goals, vowing to lead the charge against climate change by investing in renewable energy, reducing the state’s planet-warming carbon emissions and replacing its gas-powered vehicles with EVs. But NYPA regularly flies its top executives, media personnel and board members to monthly meetings, press conferences and ribbon-cuttings on a $7.5 million plane that burns tens of thousands of gallons of carbon-spewing jet fuel every year. The plane has been used to fly executives on short hops of an hour or less from Westchester County Airport to airports in Albany; Rome, New York; and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. NYPA President and CEO Justin Driscoll flew 42 times over 21 days during a time period of just over a year with 23 trips of less than an hour, including four between Westchester and Albany, a two-hour drive. “It seems like Justin Driscoll is more concerned with the speed of his travel than the speed of building public renewables,” said Michael Paulson, the associate director of the Sane Energy Project and a leader of the Public Power New York campaign to get the state to build more renewables.
September 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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We're trying to make ends meet. @governor.ny.gov & Trump are trying to fast-track a new pipeline that will pollute our water and send our bills even higher.

We won't accept a plan that makes life more unaffordable. Join us and fight back! ecosocialists.nyc/join-us
Gothamist article headline: New Yorkers to foot bill for pipeline pushed by feds, new report says costs will rise The federal government isn’t just encouraging New York to build a new pipeline that’s already been ruled a threat — it's also making you pay for it, and a new independent analysis claims the project will cost 17% more than estimates from the utility company. The once dead project was revived in July after the Trump administration announced its strong support for building new fossil fuel infrastructure. The pipeline is on a fast-tracked review after the Department of Environmental Conservation closed its 45-day public comment period last month despite rallies calling for more time as well as public hearings. Con Edison customers are already paying around $50 more per month than they did three years ago. Over the last two years, National Grid customers are paying over $40 more on monthly bills. A report released this week by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, an energy research think tank, estimated the pipeline’s price tag at least $1.25 billion. That’s 17% more than National Grid’s estimate.
September 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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⌛️Today is your LAST CHANCE to demand the full public renewables NY needs! Get your comment in by 5pm‼️ ecosocialists.nyc/take-action

Take it from @jabaribrisport.bsky.social - our movement has the power to win the future we deserve. Let’s use it and build a #GreenNewYork 💚
September 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ you can only repost this when you've submitted your public renewables comment ✨

📅 less than 3 days left to demand a #GreenNewYork! submit your comment & send this post to 5 friends 👇
ecosocialists.nyc/take-action
Ulster County "I Voted" spider head sticker edited to read "I Submitted My Public Renewables Comment" Ecosocialists.nyc/take-action
September 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Need a break from doomscrolling? How about an easy way to fight for a better future? It takes just 30 seconds to demand the 15 gigawatts of renewable public power New York needs to keep our bills affordable, clean our air & fight the climate crisis⚡🌹

🔗 in our bio & below 👇
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Thanks to pressure from New Yorkers, NYPA is building 7GW of clean public power — but we know that's not enough.

Join us at NYPA's virtual hearings at 10am today & 6pm tomorrow to demand the full 15GW of public renewable energy NY needs!

Register here: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Tell NYPA: New York Demands More Thanks to your pressure, the New York Power Authority has committed to building half the renewable energy New York needs. But our future needs more than half-measures. Tell NYPA we need full buildout at their virtual hearings Tuesday at 10am & Wednesday at 6pm.
August 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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In case it wasn't clear, @governor.ny.gov isn't working for you, she's working for big oil billionaires.

Higher bills, polluted air, and a dying planet for you; another yacht for them. Fight back: ecosocialists.nyc/take-action
RTO Insider headling: New York PSC Denies NYPA's Clean Path Transmission Priority Status New York Focus headline: New York to Scale Back Key Energy Affordability Program Subhead: Empower+ helps thousands of New Yorkers afford energy efficiency upgrades. The state is planning to slash funding by nearly two-thirds in two years. Spectrum News headline: NYSERDA: New York may need to rely on fossil fuels for longer New York Focus headline: Major Pipeline Moves Closer to Approval in New York as Critics Decry ‘Bargain’ with Trump Subhead: Public comments are closing soon for an underwater pipeline project that sprang back to life this spring after talks between Hochul and Trump.
August 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Back to back heatwaves. Skyrocketing energy bills. And now @governor.ny.gov & Trump are trying to fast-track a new gas pipeline that would make them even worse🤮

We have less than a week to say NO to this disaster. Tell Hochul: NO TRUMP PIPELINES! www.stopwilliamsnesepipeline.org
New York Says No Trump Pipelines! Right now, Governor Hochul is trying to revive a Trump-backed pipeline New Yorkers already rejected in 2020. This pipeline would be a disaster for our climate, for our communities, and for our energy bills. Tell Hochul: Don't sell out New York to big oil billionaires!
August 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Before we passed the #BuildPublicRenewables Act, we were told it was impossible. Then we were told NYPA didn't have to build. Then we were told only 3GW was possible.

Our movement never stopped demanding more. Today, NYPA announced 7GW of public renewables projects in the works.
Slide from NYPA presentation titled "renewable opportunities overview," outlining how NYPA's updated strategic plan has grown from 3.2 gigawatts to 7 gigawatts of public renewable energy projects
July 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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We know we have to #BuildPublicRenewables to fight the climate crisis and build a better NY while we're at it 🗽⚡️

Because of our movement, the New York Power Authority announced today it's MORE THAN DOUBLING their public renewables plan. And we're just getting started. ✊
Rally at NYPA headquarters with dozens of people holding signs, including a huge banner reading "Build Public Renewables"
July 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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While @governor.ny.gov refuses to take action to build the clean energy & transportation we need to stop polluting our air & planet, @mayor.nyc.gov won't even let our neighbors who speak other languages report air pollution. 🤬

New Yorkers deserve better
Web page with instructions for NYC citizens air complaints, which reads that all questions are required to be answered in English
July 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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While we face a heat index of 105+ degrees, NYC's air is also DANGEROUS to breathe.

Stay hydrated, watch out for signs of heat stroke (nausea, flushed skin, headache/confusion), and check on your neighbors, especially the elderly & kids. Find a cooling center: maps.nyc.gov/cooling-cent...
Air Quality Health Advisory AQI: 101 - 150 Unhealthy for Sensitive People What New Yorkers should do - The risk of health impacts from outdoor activities remains low for healthy people - Young children, older adults and people with heart or breathing conditions should avoid strenuous and prolonged outdoor activities - If your eyes are watering, your throat is sore, you have a headache, or you are out of breath or coughing during outdoor activities, take a break and go indoors.
July 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Not long ago, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was just another rank-and-file member of @socialists.nyc. He's not alone. 10,000+ NYers just like him are building working class power 💪

As NYC-DSA's ecosocialists, we're taking on big oil billionaires to win a #GreenNewYork. Join us! 🗽⚡
July 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Didn’t get enough extreme weather with 2 inches of rain in an hour? How about another heatwave? 🥵

Flooding and extreme heat can’t be the new normal. But this is what our future looks like when @governor.ny.gov ignores NY’s climate laws. Help fight back. ecosocialists.nyc/join-us
Screenshot of weather service alert warning of a heat advisory for NYC from 11am on July 16 to 10pm on July 17 One line in the “hazards” section is underlined, saying “heat index values up to 103.” The section also says, “These conditions are dangerous to health. People without air conditioning, older adults, people with chronic health conditions, and people who work outside are most at risk.”
July 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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In Zohran’s NYC, New Yorkers will have 50 new resilience hubs where you can charge your phone, refrigerate your medical supplies, and stay safe when disasters strike.

We need a mayor who will tackle climate change and improve our lives while he’s at it. Join
@socialists.nyc 🗽⚡️🌹
We're fighting to close wasteful, expensive, toxic peaker plants that burn the planet and choke our communities And we're organizing to elect an ecosocialist mayor who fights for a Green New York: healthy & sustainable schools, green schoolyards that keep us cool & resist flooding, and resilience hubs that keep New Yorkers safe. Join us! We have a city to build and a world to win. ecosocialists.nyc
July 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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"Once in a lifetime” weather is getting more common every year. We need a city that fights for our safety & a livable future. That starts with a mayor who builds resiliency into the fabric of our communities.

Join @socialists.nyc — let’s elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social & build a #GreenNewYork
Extreme weather is making flooding more common across NYC every year On Monday evening New York City got flash floods with 2 inches of water an hour Extreme weather is becoming routine. Hurricanes like Ida keep breaking rainfall records (3.15 inches/hour) — flooding our subways, downing trees and taking out power lines. But leaders like Governor Hochul want to keep burning fossil fuels, keeping New Yorkers in harm's way. But we don't have to settle for disaster. We're demanding clean, publicly-owned power for all of New York that lowers our bills AND fights the climate crisis.
July 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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🫠 tfw your governor would rather destroy the planet than just #BuildPublicRenewables that would actually lower people's bills
car labeled "Governor Hochul" swerving off of highway labeled "build public renewables & lower bills" onto exit ramp labeled "destroy the planet" Headline: NYSERDA: New York may need to rely on fossil fuels for longer BY Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 7:30 PM ET Jul. 09, 2025 As Gov. Kathy Hochul stated last week, it appears that the state is changing its policy around renewable energy. WGRZ reported that the governor recently acknowledged that the economic environment has changed since 2019 when New York’s aggressive Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) was passed under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “We cannot accomplish what those objectives were back in before I became governor in a time frame that’s not going to hurt ratepayers,” Hochul said. “So, we’re slowing things down.” The objectives of the CLCPA include reaching 100% zero-emission electricity by 2040.
July 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Ecosocialism is the future. How do we know? Because the next Mayor of NYC is an Ecosocialist.

Want to help @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social build a #GreenNewYork? Join us: ecosocialists.nyc/join-us/
June 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM