Close down Indian Point

To: Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, Mayor de Blasio, and all NY Elected Officials

From: Bronx Climate Justice North, Bronx Climate Justice South, and South Bronx Unite

We are writing to urge you to call on the federal government to deny license extensions for the Indian Point nuclear power plant.  

We are an alliance of environmental and climate justice organizations in the Bronx: Bronx Climate Justice North, representing residents from all parts of the Bronx; Bronx Climate Justice South, a South Bronx-based environmental justice coalition; and South Bronx Unite, a coalition of South Bronx residents, organizations, and allies working together to improve and protect the social, environmental, and economic future of the South Bronx. 

All of the members, communities, and organizations that the BCJN/BCJS/SBU alliance represents live and work just 25 miles from Indian Point. We are therefore front-line communities of the power plant. We in the Bronx stand in solidarity with countless communities, organizations, and individuals throughout the Hudson Valley region who demand the closing of Indian Point.

Our opposition to the continued operation of Indian Point is based on our clear understanding of the critical threats the plant poses to public health and safety and to the environment. The May 9th transformer fire that resulted in tens of thousands of gallons of oil spilling onto the property and into the Hudson River is yet another warning that Indian Point poses a grave threat to the well being of millions in New York City and the Hudson Valley.

On May 14th, Resolution 694 was introduced in the New York City Council “calling upon the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission not to relicense Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3, so that those reactors will cease operations.” The resolution recites a litany of reasons to deny license extensions with which you and we are all too familiar. We thank Bronx NYC Council members Andrew Cohen and Ritchie Torres for their co-sponsorship of Resolution 694.