Kathy Hochul: “We'll create 1600 jobs during construction and 1200 good…”

“What you would have thought years ago when there was a fear, a legitimate fear of nuclear. I grew up with that as well. In the environment. Everyone was talking about that. But We'll create 1600 jobs during construction and 1200 good paying permanent jobs as a result [of the new nuclear plant]. How does that sound to you? With one facility? That's just one facility. So to power New York's future, we need three things. Reliability, affordability and sustainability. And nuclear drives.” (13:24–13:32)

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