Mineola Gets 2 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

MINEOLA, NY — State officials have installed more than 70 electric vehicle dual-port charging stations throughout New York, including 16 in Nassau County and 14 in Suffolk. In Mineola, two charging stations were installed at NYU Winthrop Hospital. Six were installed in Westbury while New Hyde Park and Manhasset each received four.

The installation was announced Thursday by the New York Power Authority and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The charging ports are all located at ReCharge NY customer locations, part of an initiative by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to install them quicker.

The mass installation aligns with the goals of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which state officials called the most aggressive climate change law in the country. Charging stations will encourage more people to drive electric vehicles and promotes an 85 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The stations were installed through a program partnership between the power authority and research agency, which funds the program with up to $4,000 per charging port.

Northwell Health installed 24 dual port electric vehicle charging stations at five of its facilities, including three on Long Island.

Gil Quiniones, president and CEO of the power authority, called electric vehicles the "future of transportation" and said his agency plays a key role in growing the state's electric vehicle infrastructure.

Alicia Barton, president and CEO of the research and development agency, said programs such as ReCharge NY increase public-private partnerships and build on the state's rapidly growing "green economy."

Here is the full list of Long Island charging stations added:

Nassau

• Long Island Jewish Medical Center (Northwell) New Hyde Park: 4
• North Shore University Hospital (Northwell) Manhasset: 4
• NYU Winthrop Hospital Mineola: 2
• Oerlikon Metco Westbury: 2
• Precipart Westbury: 4

Suffolk

• Dayton T Brown Bohemia: 4
• Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co (Akorn) Amityville: 2
• Huntington Hospital (Northwell) Huntington: 7
• Tebbens Steel Calverton: 1