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Blakeman calls for statewide halt on battery storage facilities, citing East Hampton fire
Blakeman called Jul 23 for an immediate statewide halt to battery storage facilities until regulators can guarantee safety, tying it to an East Hampton battery fire and alleging PFAS-contaminated runoff reached groundwater. His campaign release asserted independent testing found PFAS but published no test results. He accused the Hochul administration of withholding information about the incident, cited Niagara County radioactive waste and the Bethpage Grumman plume as state failures, and repeated his pledge to cut utility bills in half without explaining how.
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Source: Fingerlakes1.com · Jul 24, 2026 · Credibility Tier 3 · Permalink https://reviewhochul.com/news/blakeman-battery-storage-halt-jul-23-2026
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