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Nam Jin Woo
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It’s still cold AF outside but leave it to ConEd to get your blood boiling. Thanks to corporate greed, New Yorkers are about to see even higher bills. 🤬

Staving off frostbite shouldn’t mean exploding your energy bill. We need power that works for people, not shareholders.
Gothamist headline: Think the cold is painful, NYC? Wait until you see your Con Ed bill. By Catalina Gonella, Gothamist When New Yorkers finally emerge from the freakish cold of recent weeks, they’ll face another outsize side effect of the wild weather: their utility bills. Residents typically see bills spike in January and February — but this has been no ordinary January or start of February. The record-breaking cold of this past week hasn’t registered on many bills yet. Kevin Lanahan, a spokesperson for the New York Independent System Operator, which is responsible for managing New York's electric grid, said the state and city’s reliance on old fossil fuel plants is also playing a role: when they can’t keep up with demand, companies have to buy energy at real-time market rates, which are more expensive. When customers use more energy, they also pay more for the delivery of it — that’s where utility companies make their profit, along with other taxes and fees. With ConEdison finally getting its rate hike formally approved by state regulators last month, the company is now able to charge more on the “delivery” side of the bill. Bills for ConEdison electricity customers will go up 3.5% this year, and gas bills will go up by 4.4%. ConEdison had said the revised increases are in keeping with the rate of inflation. And because ConEdison’s increase was approved after it was set to go into effect on Jan. 1, it will be retroactively applied to customers’ bills for last month — though that is only expected to incrementally affect bills since it will be spread out over the remaining bill cycles this year. OUR TAKE New Yorkers are stuck between greedy energy corporations and a governor who isn’t building public renewables. The result: eye-popping energy bills, power outages & fossil fuel executives getting rich off our suffering. There’s only one way out of this death spiral: public power. Energy is a human right. It’s time to take our power back.
February 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
wordsmeanings.bsky.social
But did you try doing it “the right way”?
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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I heard there’s a job opening in Astoria. I asked the Mayor if I have a shot.
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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This is a big one: I'm excited to announce our campaign's first union endorsement from @uawregion9a.bsky.social!

As a labor organizer, I have long admired UAW members taking on powerful bosses, protecting immigrant workers, and standing with Palestine. It's an honor to have their support.
UAW Region 9A endorses Diana Moreno for Queens
January 14, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Trump's Venezuela oil grab shows why oil imperialism is leading the world to the brink of disaster.

Join us Tuesday at 8pm ET for a mass call on what these events mean for Latin America, the planet, and the fight for anti-imperialist ecosocialism. RSVP: bit.ly/VZecosocialism
MASS CALL Venezuela, Resource Imperialism & Internationalist Climate Politics Featuring: Thea Riofrancos, Gabriel Hetland, Danny Valdes Moderated by: Batul Hassan Tuesday 1/13, 8pm ET bit.ly/VZecosocialism
January 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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2026 will be the year we deliver universal childcare, defend our immigrant neighbors, and usher in a new era of dignity for the working class of Queens and NYC.

Thank you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, for entrusting me with the great responsibility of representing Assembly District 36.
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Fossil fuel capitalism is killing the planet, our communities, and our wallets

We need to #BuildPublicRenewables to break out of the death spiral

Tell @governor.ny.gov to invest in *real* solutions, not disaster pipelines: bit.ly/200MillionOrBust
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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New York's teachers @nysut.bsky.social are right: our kids need upgraded schools — and the publicly-owned renewable energy to power them

Green schools can be the first step to a future we'll be proud to pass to the next generation
Albany Times Union headline Commentary: New York schools and campuses need clean-energy investment By Melinda Person, for the Times Union New York’s students walk into school buildings every morning with big dreams. But too many of those buildings across every region of the state are simply not built for the realities of today — or the climate of tomorrow. If we’re serious about student health, academic success and meeting New York’s clean-energy goals, we need a statewide investment that matches the scope of the challenge. A Carbon Free and Healthy Schools Bond Act is that investment. According to state facilities data, the average school building in New York was already over 50 years old as of 2005. Many were constructed in the 1950s through the 1970s, long before modern ventilation standards, reliable cooling or energy-efficient design. National data tells a similar story: The average U.S. instructional school building is now 49 years old, with 38% built before 1970. When buildings are this old, they weren’t designed for the electrical loads needed for solar power, clean-energy systems or modern filtration. We are asking mid-20th-century facilities to meet 21st-century climate and learning demands. It will not work without major capital investment. Solar is especially powerful. Schools are among the most effective sites in New York for solar energy generation, dramatically reducing operating costs and freeing up local funds for classrooms and student support. Our public colleges face the same pressures. SUNY’s 2,800 buildings carry a deferred maintenance backlog of roughly $10 billion that is growing by $600 million to $700 million each year. A bond act that includes SUNY and CUNY recognizes that climate leadership and educational excellence are inseparable, and that New York’s higher education system cannot prepare the workforce of tomorrow in buildings built for the last century.
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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2023: Pass groundbreaking BPRA climate law with Zohran Mamdani ✅

2025: Elect him the first Ecosocialist mayor in NYC ✅✅

2026: Supercharge the movement for a Green New York ✅✅✅
Grist Can Mamdani supercharge New York’s clean energy revolution? New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani promised power to the people. Clean energy advocates want him to take that literally. New York’s public-renewables campaign “was instrumental in getting Zohran elected,” state Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes said of Mamdani’s primary win that night. They want an expanded public power system, utilities and renewable generation owned and regulated by community stakeholders, not corporations. That campaign, which began in earnest four years ago, was driven by a small group of progressive and socialist legislators in Albany: among them, Zohran Mamdani, who was elected to the assembly in 2020. He has since rallied that same base — experienced canvassers, people used to hiking up six-floor walk-ups and texting their friends to rally for a policy or for a candidate — for his election as mayor. Nonetheless, with a powerful ally about to take office, activists like Johanna Bozuwa, executive director of the Climate and Communities Institute, think now is a “key moment” to push the power authority forward NYPA. With federal tax credits for clean power set to expire in 2027, “they have a real incentive, right now, to move as quickly as they can. If there was ever a moment for them to mobilize as quickly as possible, this is the one to do it.” So, on that brisk September night in Brooklyn, public power activists wanted to use the moment of Mamdani’s win to tell the New York Power Authority to go even further: instead of a 7 gigawatt plan, they wanted 15. Mamdani won’t have a direct hand in how the power authority executes the Build Public Renewables Act, but as mayor of the largest city in the nation, he can shape where and how New York City supports the transition. Much of what he can do resides on the consumer end: not just helping build more public power, but limiting the city’s consumption of it. His administration could require rooftop-solar installations on municipal buildings, align city permitting and zoning with state clean energy priorities, and use his Green Schools plan to advance the agenda. Mamdani can also control the enforcement of Local Law 97, a city mandate that buildings larger than 25,0000 square feet nearly halve their emissions by 2030. For activists, that makes City Hall a crucial partner.
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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On Tuesday, NY elected an ecosocialist mayor. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

In the Assembly, Zohran fought to #BuildPublicRenewables. Now as mayor, he'll fight to make our lives affordable AND sustainable.

Join today’s @socialists.nyc mass call to learn what’s next, & how to get involved. bit.ly/11-6-call
Our Time Is Here: Mayoral Election Debrief with NYC-DSA
Join NYC-DSA on Thursday, November 6 from 7-8pm ET for a post-election mass call. We will debrief this historic campaign and its incredible results and look forward to what’s next in the fight to win ...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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The climate crisis is a man-made horror — but nothing scares those Big Oil ghouls more than organized ecosocialists 😱

Come party with us next Thursday to build some spoOoOoky solidarity 👻
actionnetwork.org/events/ecoso...
Spooky Solidarity party poster for NYC DSA Ecosocialists Costumes, movement building d.b.a — 41 1st Ave, New York, NY October 30th, 8-11pm Graphic: green skull in a boiling cauldron with mushrooms growing out of the eyes and a rose tucked into the cauldron handle
October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Our fossil-fueled grid is heading for blackouts as soon as NEXT YEAR. This is why we can’t wait to build a full 15 gigawatts of public renewable energy. ⚡️

We can’t trust private companies to invest in the public good. We need public power.
October 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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@gregpak.net and I showing off our @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social swag!
October 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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October 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Kathy Hochul’s appointee, everyone
nycdsaecosoc.bsky.social NYC-DSA Ecosocialists @nycdsaecosoc.bsky.social · Sep 19
Nothing says clean energy like 42 fossil-fuel guzzling private jet flights, right Justin??? 😵‍💫✈️

Instead of building public renewables so New Yorkers can actually afford their energy bills, NYPA's CEO is more focused on flying private (in a major Amtrak corridor‼️)
LoHud headline: New York Power Authority champions clean energy. Its executives fly in a private jet. By Thomas C. Zambito The New York Power Authority has embraced the state’s clean energy goals, vowing to lead the charge against climate change by investing in renewable energy, reducing the state’s planet-warming carbon emissions and replacing its gas-powered vehicles with EVs. But NYPA regularly flies its top executives, media personnel and board members to monthly meetings, press conferences and ribbon-cuttings on a $7.5 million plane that burns tens of thousands of gallons of carbon-spewing jet fuel every year. The plane has been used to fly executives on short hops of an hour or less from Westchester County Airport to airports in Albany; Rome, New York; and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. NYPA President and CEO Justin Driscoll flew 42 times over 21 days during a time period of just over a year with 23 trips of less than an hour, including four between Westchester and Albany, a two-hour drive. “It seems like Justin Driscoll is more concerned with the speed of his travel than the speed of building public renewables,” said Michael Paulson, the associate director of the Sane Energy Project and a leader of the Public Power New York campaign to get the state to build more renewables.
September 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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We're trying to make ends meet. @governor.ny.gov & Trump are trying to fast-track a new pipeline that will pollute our water and send our bills even higher.

We won't accept a plan that makes life more unaffordable. Join us and fight back! ecosocialists.nyc/join-us
Gothamist article headline: New Yorkers to foot bill for pipeline pushed by feds, new report says costs will rise The federal government isn’t just encouraging New York to build a new pipeline that’s already been ruled a threat — it's also making you pay for it, and a new independent analysis claims the project will cost 17% more than estimates from the utility company. The once dead project was revived in July after the Trump administration announced its strong support for building new fossil fuel infrastructure. The pipeline is on a fast-tracked review after the Department of Environmental Conservation closed its 45-day public comment period last month despite rallies calling for more time as well as public hearings. Con Edison customers are already paying around $50 more per month than they did three years ago. Over the last two years, National Grid customers are paying over $40 more on monthly bills. A report released this week by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, an energy research think tank, estimated the pipeline’s price tag at least $1.25 billion. That’s 17% more than National Grid’s estimate.
September 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Make Gov Kathy Hochul and NYPA do the right thing!
nycdsaecosoc.bsky.social NYC-DSA Ecosocialists @nycdsaecosoc.bsky.social · Sep 12
⌛️Today is your LAST CHANCE to demand the full public renewables NY needs! Get your comment in by 5pm‼️ ecosocialists.nyc/take-action

Take it from @jabaribrisport.bsky.social - our movement has the power to win the future we deserve. Let’s use it and build a #GreenNewYork 💚
September 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Hey @governor.ny.gov, we fixed your campaign ad for you. Time to fix the state's energy plan and build 15 GW of public renewables!
September 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ you can only repost this when you've submitted your public renewables comment ✨

📅 less than 3 days left to demand a #GreenNewYork! submit your comment & send this post to 5 friends 👇
ecosocialists.nyc/take-action
Ulster County "I Voted" spider head sticker edited to read "I Submitted My Public Renewables Comment" Ecosocialists.nyc/take-action
September 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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DREAMs are a wish your heart makes and my heart wishes corrupt Eric Adams and creeper Andrew Cuomo get run lot of town along with their crooked donors. Donate today!
dreamfornyc.bsky.social DREAM for NYC @dreamfornyc.bsky.social · Sep 2
The anti-Zohran SuperPACs are back. So the SuperPAC killer is back too.

As MAGA billionaires pledge "hundreds of millions" to sabotage the Mamdani mandate, DREAM enters its next form:

Don’t Re-elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor.

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Don't Re-Elect Eric or Andrew for Mayor banner with silhouettes of Kathy Hochul, Bill Ackman, Andrew Cuomo, Donald Trump, Eric Adams, and MAGA billionaire donors
September 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Demand a future you want to live in ecosocialists.nyc/take-action
Take action : NYC-DSA Ecosocialists
Take action by demanding Governor Hochul direct the New York Power Authority to build 15 gigawatts of public renewables by 2030.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Need a break from doomscrolling? How about an easy way to fight for a better future? It takes just 30 seconds to demand the 15 gigawatts of renewable public power New York needs to keep our bills affordable, clean our air & fight the climate crisis⚡🌹

🔗 in our bio & below 👇
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Yes, saying to your partner that you’re “dating down” may ruin things
August 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Thanks to pressure from New Yorkers, NYPA is building 7GW of clean public power — but we know that's not enough.

Join us at NYPA's virtual hearings at 10am today & 6pm tomorrow to demand the full 15GW of public renewable energy NY needs!

Register here: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Tell NYPA: New York Demands More Thanks to your pressure, the New York Power Authority has committed to building half the renewable energy New York needs. But our future needs more than half-measures. Tell NYPA we need full buildout at their virtual hearings Tuesday at 10am & Wednesday at 6pm.
August 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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In case it wasn't clear, @governor.ny.gov isn't working for you, she's working for big oil billionaires.

Higher bills, polluted air, and a dying planet for you; another yacht for them. Fight back: ecosocialists.nyc/take-action
RTO Insider headling: New York PSC Denies NYPA's Clean Path Transmission Priority Status New York Focus headline: New York to Scale Back Key Energy Affordability Program Subhead: Empower+ helps thousands of New Yorkers afford energy efficiency upgrades. The state is planning to slash funding by nearly two-thirds in two years. Spectrum News headline: NYSERDA: New York may need to rely on fossil fuels for longer New York Focus headline: Major Pipeline Moves Closer to Approval in New York as Critics Decry ‘Bargain’ with Trump Subhead: Public comments are closing soon for an underwater pipeline project that sprang back to life this spring after talks between Hochul and Trump.
August 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM