National Grid’s standoff with state threatens Brooklyn customers
GRAVESEND — National Grid is holding customers hostage by refusing to supply new gas hook-ups unless the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation grants a permit to an Oklahoma-based company to build a controversial $1 billion gas pipeline, Brooklyn lawmakers and local homeowners charged.
Residents and civic leaders spoke out at a press conference Assemblymember Bill Colton held outside his Gravesend office on Friday and demanded that National Grid turn the gas on.
Hundreds of customers in Brooklyn are currently without gas, according to Colton.