New York is ramming massive solar farms into rural communities that outraged locals say ruin land, kill animals and won’t create much energy

“We were like serfs coming before a king. It was so much worse than I ever imagined.”

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New York is strong-arming 18 industrial-scale solar power plants into rural communities across the state despite strong opposition from locals.

Schuylerville farmer Alexandra Fasulo had just settled into the idyllic acreage she purchased in 2023 when Gov. Kathy Hochul’s bulldozers came roaring in, poised to thrash 1,…