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The federal government is open again, but states are still waiting for the Trump administration to send out heating assistance funds. Here’s what that means for New York, which gets more LIHEAP funding than any other state (by far) and has already seen utility shutoffs spike this year. 🧵

NEW: Freezing temperatures hit much of the state in October and reached New York City this week. Even though the US government is open again, federal benefits could still take weeks for many low-income people who rely on heating assistance. nysfocus.com/2025/11/15/t...

Helpful look at why many utilities are starting to think data center power demand is exaggerated: www.ft.com/content/331f...

$3200 per range is pricey but about half the retail price. As batteries get cheaper and better I expect to see a lot more appliances equipped with them.

One cool thing happening in NY climate world: NYCHA and state partners have announced a $32 million deal with the company Copper to bring battery-equipped induction stoves to 10,000 public housing apartments. They plug into a regular outlet. www.nyserda.ny.gov/About/Newsro...

One striking thing about NY’s all-electric buildings reversal: Just last month, the state argued in court that it would “suffer irreparable harm if the Code amendments are delayed from taking effect.” (h/t @earthjustice.org) Then pressure mounted on Hochul to roll back the law, and lo and behold…

⚠️ NYS has agreed to hold off on implementing its All-Electric Buildings law — which was supposed to take effect on Jan 1 — while a federal appeals court reviews it. Gas and builders groups + some building trades unions had appealed after the Northern District court upheld the law over the summer.

More context: tktketk.substack.com/p/union-bust...

Nearly a 1,000 people have signed the @condeunion.bsky.social and @newyorkerunion.bsky.social petition to reinstate the Fired Four and reverse the suspensions. JOIN US in standing up for workers' rights and tell Conde Nast that union-busting is DISGUSTING actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

It got overshadowed by the pipeline news, but NYS’s deal to allow Greenidge Generation to keep operating an upstate gas plant *for the sole purpose of mining bitcoin* might be almost as big of a reversal gothamist.com/news/upstate...

“more than half of global urban GDP is concentrated in cities most exposed to climate disasters” “nearly one-third of major global cities are already facing economic decline due to climate stress” firststreet.org/research-lib...

Mamdani, shortly after appearing with Hochul in Puerto Rico on Friday: “My position on pipelines has always been consistent, which is opposition to new fossil fuel construction” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...

⚠️ Breaking: Hochul administration approves 3x rejected, Trump-backed NESE pipeline, the first of its kind in New York in at least a decade. Story: nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...

The story I've been wanting to read is about the actual obstacles in Albany to Mayor-elect Mamdani's agenda, what the political dynamics are, and what might be the competition for any revenue increases. Our friends at @nysfocus.bsky.social told that story and we're proud to elevate it.

Perhaps the most striking upsets outside New York City on Tuesday came at the little-watched county level, where Democrats flipped two legislatures long held by Republicans and picked up seats in other red-leaning areas.

Inbox: Major climate groups sign off on ConEd rate hike deal 🤯 Will institute 2.8% bill increases for each of the next three years and “heat pump–friendly” electric rates. The ratepayer advocacy group PULP is staying neutral.

Mamdani's approach on climate is a sharp contrast to that of other New York politicians, like Governor Kathy Hochul, who’ve framed green goals as clashing with cost-of-living issues. nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...

NEW: Voters didn’t just elect a socialist mayor in New York City. They also voted in progressive candidates in several of the state’s largest cities, flipped county legislatures blue, and chose a new Democratic assemblymember in US Representative Elise Stefanik’s backyard.

Zohran Mamdani ran an ultra-disciplined campaign for mayor — one that barely touched on climate change. Once he's in office, how will the one-time self-described "ecosocialist" govern? Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with the backstory: heatmap.news/politics/zoh...

I was hollering and pounding on the table even before I saw this was a @colinreports.bsky.social job I am doing my damnedest to do and advocate for climate work that makes a big positive impact on people’s daily lives, and not center the C word, in my community IMO that’s the way forward

Another great piece on Mamdani and climate. I see a lot of people saying "but his transit/housing campaigns ARE about climate" and... yeah. But the observation that he did not campaign ON climate despite his past work to the issue is meaningful.

NEW: Zohran Mamdani barely campaigned on climate — but some say that might improve his chances of getting green policies passed. nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...

Mamdani barely campaigned on climate, but the movement has rallied behind him. Here’s my look at his agenda and what it might tell us about climate politics moving forward. nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...

NEW: If President Donald Trump makes good on his threats, Zohran Mamdani may become the first New York City mayor forced to navigate an uninvited federal deployment of the National Guard. What can he do as mayor?

NEW: Mamdani convinced New York City voters to back his agenda. Now he needs to convince Albany politicians. nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...

Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night. He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.

Another view here, fyi, from @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social: www.electionatlas.nyc/maps.html#!N... You can choose from 20 demographic/electoral map filters (or combinations of any of them), direct comparisons to 2021, and overlays to show subway routes, NYCHA sites, and City Council districts.

you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:

Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her. Her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released without charges. Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”. You decide…

New — Andrew Cuomo hung up in the middle of a radio interview today, after the hosts pressed him on Donald Trump expressing support for him

Helpful explainer on a confusing ballot prop!

Not gonna lie, this is kind of a stunning closing message from Cuomo

Former top Hochul aide, current Assemblymember, and possible future US House Rep Micah Lasher, rallying today with climate activists: “The Trump-backed Williams NESE pipeline will raise costs for New York families and set back our climate goals”

“Although gas rig counts have edged up by four over the past month, overall activity remains far short of what is needed to meet growing LNG export demand, according to the bank.” www.investing.com/news/commodi...

With SNAP benefits about to run out...

NEW: If you’re one of the nearly 3 million New Yorkers currently receiving SNAP benefits, you are likely to see delays next month. Here's what you need to know. nysfocus.com/2025/10/30/s...

@nysfocus.bsky.social with important NY 411, as usual:

NEW: On Friday, a judge gave New York until February 6 to issue regulations that would “ensure” the state meet its climate targets. But does the deadline mean anything? My look at where things might go from here:

“I have a great and considerable fear that people will freeze to death in their homes this winter if we do not turn this around quickly.” themainemonitor.org/people-freez...

“Equinor will invest little money in the industry beyond its three projects in construction: Empire Wind in the U.S., Dogger Bank off the United Kingdom and Baltyk in Poland.” www.politico.com/newsletters/...

A judge found New York is violating its own climate law because it hasn’t yet issued cap-and-invest regulations to meet it. The governor is planning to fight back. From @nysfocus.bsky.social:

Everything is under control, lawyers for the state prison system told a judge last week. That’s news to thousands of incarcerated people, who remain living under various degrees of lockdown eight months after a guard strike led to chaos. For @nysfocus.bsky.social: nysfocus.com/2025/10/30/n...

👀 NYPA moving forward with nuclear: The Power Authority issued solicitations this morning for (1) communities interested in hosting a new nuke plant, and (2) developers interested in partnering on building one. Both due on Dec. 11

in my own FD, where I am just a grunt, I try to tread a fine line: taking our increased training responsibilities and the somewhat unfamiliar risks of EVs and home batteries seriously while also projecting “we got this” to the public while ALSO not speaking for my whole FD anyhow props to FDNY

If you haven't ever had a conversation with a fire chief about things they think about, worry about, see as hazardous, I encourage you to give it a try. If your experience is like mine, your conversation will leave you wondering how you've managed to survive for as long as you have.

“Asked if he would feel comfortable living next to a battery storage system, Fire Department Deputy Chief Joe Loftus, who oversees hazardous materials, said he would.”

⚠️ “The hurricane neared landfall as a Category 5 storm, with 185 m.p.h. winds, just short of the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record.” Not the most intense to hit Jamaica. The most intense *on record* www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Hochul elaborated yesterday, speaking to reporters: “We’ll work on appeal. We’ll sit down and talk to the legislature [about] what’s within the realm of possibility and reality here in light of all these changed circumstances”