Permits secured. Shovels in the ground. 1,000 union workers earning a paycheck. Now the federal government wants to kill Empire Wind 1, putting jobs, affordable energy, and our economic future at risk. I’m going to fight them every step of the way.

Permits secured. Shovels in the ground. 1,000 union workers earning a paycheck.

Now the federal government wants to kill Empire Wind 1, putting jobs, affordable energy, and our economic future at risk. 

I’m going to fight them every step of the way. pic.twitter.com/jsOmwcx4Js

— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) April 17, 2025