Trump Administration Orders Halt on Empire Wind 1 Construction, Jeopardizing Thousands of Jobs

On Wednesday, the Trump Administration ordered an immediate halt to construction on Empire Wind 1, the fully funded, fully permitted 810-megawatt offshore wind farm that was expected to power approximately 500,000 New York homes by 2027. The project, which began construction last year, was already employing hundreds of New Yorkers including more than 1,000 union jobs. Thousands more jobs supporting the offshore wind industry, including on the port at South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, assembly and staging at Arthur Kill Terminal on Staten Island, and component manufacturing in Albany and across the country are also now at risk.

"The reckless and overreaching move to halt construction that is already underway on Empire Wind threatens thousands of good union jobs and jeopardizes the progress New York has made toward cleaner, more affordable energy," said NYC CLC President Vincent Alvarez. "The NYC Labor Movement opposes this short-sighted and harmful decision politicizing the buildout of clean energy infrastructure that is critically needed to stabilize and reduce energy costs for working families across New York." Read more from Climate Jobs NY, The New York Times, Gothamist, and THE CITY.