Westchester Executive Ken Jenkins says no to Indian Point restart, citing safety fears

Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins says restarting the Indian Point nuclear power plant is “a hard no.”

Jenkins says New York already has enough low-cost, clean energy alternatives to satisfy the downstate region’s electricity demands without jeopardizing “the health and safety of millions of residents in the Hudson Valley.”

“We have been through this once and we still are feeling the impacts, and we are not doing it again,” Jenkins said in a statement issued Tuesday, Sept. 16. “We absolutely do not support reactivating a facility that continues to pose a threat to our community and our environment.”