“That was an issue of environmental racism — that they had selected these sites thinking the community would not be able to fight it,” said Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of UPROSE, a community group based in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood
Craig said the authority is looking at its options and is in conversations with the PEAK Coalition. That group, which includes UPROSE and NYLPI, is focused on shutting down fossil fuel peaking plants in the city.