On March 22nd, Democrat Senator Joseph Addabbo met with constituents to discuss community concerns. Java with Joe at coffee shops like “Let’s Do Brunch” offer residents a chance to voice neighborhood concerns including the slated Battery Storage Facility across from PS 128 in Queens.
Battery Storage Facility Hazard
In New York City, developers see American citizens as expendable nuisances. Companies and some politicians believe constituents can vote away the Rights of others by blindly passing proposals like “The City of Yes.” But citizens do not give up their constitutional Rights despite NYC’s approval to put a hazardous Battery Storage Facility, fire-bomb and toxic fumes, next to residential homes and across from Elementary schools.
When you open a grocery store or pizza parlor, you do not need to explain the possibility of unique fires that cannot be extinguished, an evacuation route in the event of a disaster, flood and drainage safety considerations, toxic fumes, and the like. These dangers are the definition of hazards to not only the Elementary School across the street but the surrounding neighborhoods for miles.
Senator Joseph Addabbo understands the absurdity that you cannot market something that incorporates the words “Potential Hazard.” He stated, “Rational thought must prevail.” And he has entered the fight introducing:
Senate Bill S7197B
(Summary)
Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules, regulations and model policies regarding setback requirements for the siting of battery energy storage systems; requires minimum setback requirements for commercial energy storage systems, with a capacity of three megawatts or greater, of no less than seven hundred fifty feet from residential property and no less than three hundred feet from residential property located in a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants; requires public hearings prior to the approval of an application for a permit for such systems.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7197/amendment/B
NOTE: Jennifer McCall (Kendall County, TX Commissioner Precinct 1) informed me they used the 2021 International Fire Code and the 2024 NFPA 855, to discourage facilities by forcing companies to comply. See the boernestar.com report.
