Trump Admin Lifts Stop Work Order on NY Offshore Wind Project

About 30 percent of the project has already been completed, according to developer Equinor.

South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, which is being developed into a staging facility for Equinor's Empire Wind offshore wind project, in an undated aerial photograph in New York City. Equinor/Handout via Reuters

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on May 19 that the Trump administration has agreed to lift the stop work order on a major wind project off New York’s coast, which has been on hold since April.

The project, Empire Wind, was approved by the former Biden administration in 2024, but Interior Secretary Doug Burgum halted it for review on April 16, citing insufficient analysis at the time of approval.