{"id":23181,"date":"2026-01-12T20:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=23181"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:02:26","slug":"ny-ag-letitia-james-files-suits-challenging-latest-offshore-wind-stop-work-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=23181","title":{"rendered":"NY AG Letitia James files suits challenging latest offshore wind stop work orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    NY AG Letitia James files suits challenging latest offshore wind stop work orders<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/offshore\/offshore-wind\/battle-against-latest-u-s-offshore-wind-pause-reaches-courts\/\">lawsuits<\/a> challenging the Trump administration\u2019s latest attempt to pause construction on offshore wind is growing. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday filed two lawsuits challenging the stop-work orders issued the New York-based Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind projects, citing undisclosed \u201cnational security\u201d concerns. She says the orders are unlawful, arbitrary and unwarranted..<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Yorkers deserve clean, reliable energy, good-paying jobs, and a government that follows the law,\u201d said Attorney General James. \u201cThese projects were carefully reviewed and already under construction when the federal government pulled the plug without explanation. This reckless decision puts workers, families, and our climate goals at risk, and my office is taking action to stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday alongside our partners in labor on Long Island, we made it clear: New York will not back down when thousands of jobs and our clean energy future are on the line.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m fighting to get our wind projects back on track and our union workers back on the job. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eLOHXGswHB\">pic.twitter.com\/eLOHXGswHB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul\/status\/2010049810062291095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNew York will not back down in our fight for a clean energy future and I commend Attorney General James for taking this action to lift the unlawful stop work orders on New York\u2019s two offshore wind projects under construction,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul\/status\/2010049810062291095?s=20\">N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul.<\/a> \u201cThe Trump administration\u2019s incomprehensible obsession with shutting down these fully permitted projects lacks legal justification, hurts his stated goal of U.S. energy independence, and will cost New York thousands of jobs and needed power to keep the lights on and attract economic development opportunities. These unlawful actions cannot stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Attorney General James\u2019 office, the stop-work orders issued Dec. 22, provided no project-specific findings, offered no explanation for why existing safeguards were insufficient, and left open the possibility of indefinite extensions. The orders came just weeks after Attorney General James s<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/court-filings\/state-of-new-york-et-al-alliance-for-clean-energy-new-york-v-donald-trump-et-al-order-2025.pdf\">ecured a federal court ruling invalidating a broader federal freeze on wind energy approva<\/a>ls, raising serious concerns that the administration is attempting to revive an unlawful policy through new means.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General James argues that the stop-work orders will have immediate and severe consequences, including significant economic harm throughout New York. Together, the projects support thousands of union jobs, billions of dollars in private and public investment, and major infrastructure improvements in communities across Long Island and New York City. Halting construction risks delaying or permanently derailing the projects, jeopardizing contracts, local tax revenue, workforce training programs, and long-term economic development tied to New York\u2019s clean energy transition.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General James also asserts that the administration\u2019s actions will harm New Yorkers\u2019 health and wallets. Delaying or derailing these clean energy projects would prolong New York City and Long Island\u2019s reliance on the region\u2019s decades-old fossil-fuel plants, which send significant pollution into communities and result in higher energy costs for consumers. The delay would also threaten the state\u2019s ability to meet its legally mandated clean energy targets, including achieving 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and a zero-emissions electric grid by 2040.<\/p>\n<p>In her lawsuits, filed simultaneously Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Attorney General James argues that the stop-work orders fail to explain the federal government\u2019s change in position and to provide a genuine justification for the suspension, making them arbitrary and capricious, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. She is asking the court to declare the stop-work orders unlawful and block their enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/ny-ag-letitia-james-files-suits-challenging-latest-offshore-wind-stop-work-orders\/\">NY AG Letitia James files suits challenging latest offshore wind stop work orders<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/\">Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Nick Blenkey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/ny-ag-letitia-james-files-suits-challenging-latest-offshore-wind-stop-work-orders\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ny-ag-letitia-james-files-suits-challenging-latest-offshore-wind-stop-work-orders\">Go to marinelog<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NY AG Letitia James files suits challenging latest offshore wind stop work orders The number of lawsuits challenging the Trump administration\u2019s latest attempt to pause construction on offshore wind is growing. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday filed two lawsuits challenging the stop-work orders issued the New York-based Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6598,7664,7665,192,199,54,58,7666,7667],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-23181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empire-wind","category-kathy-hochul","category-letitia-james","category-marinelog","category-news","category-offshore","category-offshore-wind","category-stop-work-orders","category-sunrise-wind","tag-marinelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}