Unfortunately, the Northeast US tends to be cloudy.
Solar cells to generate electricity for New York would need to be placed to the south, maybe southeastern Virginia or in the Carolinas.
Another possibility is nuclear power, but I still have my doubts about nuclear power plant construction costs. Involve NY State government into nuclear power plant construction and expensive problems are all but 100% guaranteed.
New Nuclear plants will be much smaller and less costly and more of them
The deaths by a thousand cuts will not be allowed