Lawmakers Take Hot, Broke Summer Ice Cream Tour to Inwood + Bronx; Fight Rising Energy Bills & Climate Change

BRONX, NY (09/11/2023) (readMedia)-- New Yorkers are living through extreme weather event after extreme weather event, and are stuck paying increasingly expensive utility bills thanks to ConEd rate hikes during another hot, broke summer. Following the kick-off in Brooklyn and tours of Manhattan and Queens, elected leaders will hand out ice cream in Inwood and across the Bronx to build support for the NY HEAT Act that would reduce energy bills statewide while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. NY HEAT, which gained serious momentum during Albany's 2023 legislative session and passed in the NYS Senate, will stop expansion of the fracked gas system, and save the average low or middle income New Yorker $75/month on their utility bills. On top of the $75 monthly savings, NY HEAT gets rid of the unfair 100-foot rule, which forces New York families to subsidize new gas hookups to the tune of $200 million every year while accelerating fossil fuel generated climate change that supercharges storms and heat, and turned the sky orange earlier this summer.

Electeds will give out free ice cream and educate New Yorkers about how they can save money on energy and save the planet by showing their support for NY HEAT and signing a petition. Come chill with NY HEAT on Tuesday, September 12 at the following locations:

• 11:00 A.M. - 210 Sherman Ave in Inwood with Assembly Member Manny De Los Santos
• 12:00 P.M. - 1973 Westchester Ave in Parkchester with Assembly Member Karines Reyes
• 1:00 P.M. - Location TBD with Assembly Member Kenny Burgos
• 2:00 P.M. - 161st St and Grand Concourse in the South Bronx with Assembly Members Chantel Jackson and Amanda Septimo
• 3:00 P.M. - 181st St. and Morris Ave. in front of PS 79 in University Heights with Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia