Lack of New Gas Customers in NYC Beginning to Bite…Hard

The stories are beginning to appear in New York metro and now national media that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to block the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline project is having serious negative economic consequences--right now. For example, the owners of a New York City deli had planned to open a new burger restaurant in Brooklyn. National Grid is refusing to run gas service to the ready-to-go restaurant, and now the deli owners are left holding a $400,000 bag (of loans) to repay for work in getting the new restaurant ready.

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