The Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice is trying something new.
The office picked 10 food carts in Queens to participate in a pilot program, which will last six months and test using rechargeable electric batteries instead of diesel generators.
What You Need To Know
- The Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice kicked off a new pilot program to test using rechargeable electric batteries instead of diesel generators
- The office picked 10 food carts in Queens to participate in a pilot program
- There are about 20,500 food carts across the city that use diesel generators to operate. New Yorkers are familiar with the sound of a loud, noisy generator. These new electric batteries are silent
- If the pilot is successful, the goal is to scale it to all the food vendors across the city
The goal is to create safer working conditions for vendors, quieter streets for New Yorkers and a better environment for all…