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In the release, Commission Chair Rory M. Christian said commissioners granted approval after weighing "a thorough record demonstrating that this critical infrastructure project meets our statutory siting standards and will help provide needed power downstate."

Battery energy storage is critical infrastructure — which in turn means jobs and investment. When Long Island builds a utility-scale battery project, electricians, operating engineers, laborers, ironworkers and Teamsters go to work. Apprentices earn while they learn.

Assemb. Michaelle Solages (D-Elmont), who is part of the board, said the races are expected to bring an economic boon to surrounding communities.

"The oysters we grow are not for consumption; they're for restoration purposes only," Michel, a Save the Great South Bay board member, said. "They provide shoreline stabilization. They help break waves down.

A state judge has dismissed the Village of Garden City's lawsuit that sought to nullify the environmental review and rezoning of the Nassau Hub in Uniondale.

The approved contract includes a 3.5% raise, as of Sept. 1, followed by 3% increases annually for the next three years and a 3.25% increase in 2030.