BYRON — State Sen. George Borrello urged Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday to halt work on two Genesee County solar projects.

Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, sent Hochul a formal letter opposing the Cider Solar and Excelsior Solar farms under construction in Oakfield, Elba or Byron. The letter was sent a day after U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the USDA would no longer be funding taxpayer dollars for solar panels on productive farmland or allowing solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries to be used in USDA projects.

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