Rupali Chakravarti knows all too well what it’s like to fear high costs.

The retired math and science teacher rarely shops for clothes. She tries to limit her grocery spending to stay within budget. And when the temperature drops, the 73-year-old throws on a sweater rather than turning up the thermostat in her Kendall Park home.

So, of course, her stance is obvious on a planned $1 billion pipeline that would run under New Jersey to stabilize energy costs for New Yorkers.

Complete and total opposition.

“They’re pushing it, and they want to build it fast,” Chakravarti said at a recent event opposing the proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline. “And we’re devastated.”

As much as Chakravarti cares about curbing energy costs, she’s much more worried about what laying a new natural g

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