Critics: Pull the plug on proposed Wallabout Channel power barge
Fallout in Brooklyn's Wallabout
An energy company is pushing to install and operate a floating 79.9-megawatt power generator on a barge in Wallabout Channel at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but local residents and officials are scrambling to short-circuit the project until some big questions are answered.
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D – Parts of Brooklyn waterfront, Queens and Manhattan) has asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension of the public comment period, which has ended, and a public hearing on the application.
Other advocates, including the New York Harbor Foundation, want the plant shelved immediately.