{"id":206512,"date":"2026-04-22T21:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/206512\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:55:29","slug":"controversial-nyc-gas-pipeline-is-a-major-problem-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/206512\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial NYC gas pipeline is \u2018a major problem\u2019: Advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2013 A controversial <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/controversial-nyc-pipeline-breaks-ground-230607563.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:natural gas pipeline;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">natural gas pipeline<\/a> is under development in New York City after initially being deemed unsafe, says Laura Shindell, New York State director of Food &amp; Water Watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shindell, whose organization is <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/business\/ap-business\/ap-in-apparent-flub-energy-secretary-wright-says-us-heading-in-the-wrong-direction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:challenging the pipeline in court,;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">challenging the pipeline in court,<\/a> joins PIX on Politics Daily to discuss the project. She tells PIX11 News\u2019 Henry Rosoff it\u2019s a huge threat to New York\u2019s waterways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/politics\/pixonpolitics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:More News: PIX on Politics;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> More News: PIX on Politics <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe cost of building the pipeline gets passed down to rate payers,\u201d she said. \u201cNot to mention, it locks New York into decades more of fossil fuel reliance and use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch the video player for the full story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2013 A controversial natural gas pipeline is under development in New York City after initially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[78738,63727,81881,9,24,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-206512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-gas-pipeline","9":"tag-henry-rosoff","10":"tag-laura-shindell","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-nyc-headlines","16":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}