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Kathy Hochul: “Back when the law was passed in 2019, it was a very…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Governor Hochul Participates in a Fireside Chat at Politico's New York Agenda: Albany Summit

Published | Video Starts at 11:01

Do you think there needs to be a change to the climate law, A narrowing, a rolling back, an amendment, whatever you want to call it. And does it need to be in the budget? Let's look at how we got here. Back when the law was passed in 2019, it was a very different world. It was a world that had not seen a global pandemic that disrupted supply chains for all the component parts for the, the nacelles and the wind turbines and everything you need to be able to build offshore wind. The path that we were on could not have foreseen that, followed by some of the highest inflation we had seen in years, dragging up the costs once again. (11:01–11:19)

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Asserts that the 2019 climate law did not anticipate the global pandemic's impact on supply chains.

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