(Philip Marcelo/AP)
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is calling for a statewide halt to what he describes as “toxic” battery storage facilities, arguing that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s aggressive green-energy agenda is putting New Yorkers at risk while driving up utility costs.
Blakeman, the presumptive 2026 Republican nominee for governor, told the New York Post that a moratorium is needed after a lithium-ion battery storage fire erupted last week in Warwick, New York — the second blaze at the same site since 2023.
The incident, he warned, is part of a troubling national pattern involving battery energy storage systems, which are increasingly used to store power generated by solar and wind projects…