When community activists closed down a coal-burning power plant in Queens, soon after they elected Costa Constantinides to be their New York City Council Member. He carried their fight for clean air and clean energy all the way to City Hall. How To Power A City follows Costa as he bans dirty heating oils, leads New York City to pass a Green New Deal bill, passes a bill to start planning to get rid of fossil fuel power plants in New York City, and leads the passage of “Renewable Rikers,” a bill that will turn Rikers Island into a solar farm when the prison closes in 2026.
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