Nixon on CPV plant: “This is a monstrosity”
(photo: Anthony Lucarelli)
WAWAYANDA – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon Saturday
announced her opposition to the CPV power plant. She made the announcement
while surrounded by hundreds of local power plant opponents at the site
of the facility in Wawayanda.
“This is a monstrosity; this is an illegality; it should never have
been built; it was pushed through with bribes,” she told those who
gathered in front of the plant.
Nixon, who has launched a campaign against fellow Democrat, incumbent
Andrew Cuomo, said just with the plant being tested with diesel fuel,
“it is ruining people’s lives.”
Even if and when the facility is operated with fracked gas, Nixon condemned
the plant. “Fracked gas is a bridge to nowhere.”
The political novice who was one of the stars in the “Sex in the
City” TV series, has unveiled her environmental agenda, including
support for 100 percent renewable energy.
Prior to her joining the rally in front of CPV, Nixon met with a handful
of CPV opponents including organizer Pramilla Malick in an area resident’s
home.
At the rally, Malick said Nixon has done something that no politician
in Orange County has done – “she sat down and talked to the
people impacted by CPV.”
