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‘Electrifying more vehicles’ A thousand charging stations to be installed at UBS Arena By RoBERt tRAVERso rtraverso@liherald.com
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loCAl ElECtED oFFICIAls joined members of Elmont’s Haitian community at the vigil.
Vigil held in Elmont as Haitian community mourns By RoBERt tRAVERso rtraverso@liherald.com
Bethany French Baptist Church, in Elmont, hosted a vigil on July 10 for the recently assassinated Jovenel Moïse, the president of Haiti, who was shot and killed in his home on July 7, as the large Haitian community in Elmont mourned the late leader and lamented the country’s political and societal instability in the wake of his death. The assassination was
deemed “a well-coordinated attack by a highly trained and heavily armed group” by the Haitian embassy in Washington, D.C., which also described Moise as “a true statesman who was committed to progressing our country’s democratic transition and fighting corruption.” In recent weeks, Haiti has been mired in mass protests over contradictory claims made by Moïse and for mer allies about who was the rightful sitting president.
“I strongly condemn the appalling assassination of President Moïse,” State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, the first member of the State Legislature of Haitian descent, said in a statement. “I’m upset. The many community members I have spoken to are upset,” Solages said, referring to the large Haitian community in Elmont and across the metropolitan area, which is home to the highest concentration of Haitians in the Continued on page 9
Charging stations for electric vehicles are set to arrive in Elmont this fall with the opening of the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, as residents of Elmont, Franklin Square and other nearby communities continue to purchase electric vehicles at an accelerating pace. “As more and more people have been buying purely electric vehicles, there has been more of an interest for charging stations,” said New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, a Democrat from Elmont. Solages touted the new charging stations for electric vehicles that will be located at the soon-to-be-open UBS Arena at Belmont Park, the new home of the New York Islanders, as an answer to the demand for charging stations that she has heard from constituents. In March, UBS Arena developers partnered with Boston, Mass.-based XL Fleet to build 1,000 electric vehicle charging stations at the site and deploy fleets of electric vehicles for use by New York Islanders fans and concert-goers attending events at the new 19,000-seat arena. It will be one of the largest electric
vehicle stations in the United States, and will help meet New York’s growing demand for electric vehicle charging stations. “Lack of access to charging infrastructure is one of the top obstacles to electrifying more vehicles, and we are proud to partner with UBS Arena and the Islanders to solve that problem more quickly in the New York metropolitan area,” Colleen Calhoun, XL Fleet’s general manager of its XL Grid division, said in a statement. “Through this partnership, we can help optimize access to charging infrastructure and scale that capacity as the need grows.” As part of the partnership, XL Fleet will also deploy “a robust suite of electrification infrastructure,” officials said, including solar power generation and energy storage. “XL Fleet’s ability to provide a full scope of electrification services will be a huge advantage for our patrons, as well as the commercial and municipal fleets in the surrounding communities who could rely on this infrastructure,” said Hank Abate, president of arena operations at UBS Arena, with Todd Hynes, the founder and president of XL Continued on page 13