Posted on 01/03/2026 5:33:06 PM PST by T Ruth
WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is hitting the brakes on $2.3 billion left in spending from the Biden administration’s electric school bus program — following backlash over New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mandate and as the vehicles have been breaking down in the cold and failing to be produced in a timely manner to districts.
Zeldin made the decision to review the taxpayer-funded program after $2.7 billion was already “frivolously wasted” under former President Joe Biden on thousands of electric buses, according to an agency spokesperson, working out to a price tag of roughly $318,452.45 per vehicle to produce.
In New York City, for example, more than $61 million in EPA grant funding went toward just two entities making 180 of the “green” buses for five school districts, with a cost range of $295,000 to nearly $395,000 for each one — but it’s unclear how many are even in use.
Just 150 buses are on the road now in New York, according to a spokesperson from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, after more than $210 million in taxpayer funds were spent.
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Good.
I voted for this.
Good for Lee.
A billion here, a billion there...
Democrat Kathy Hochul wins full term as New York Governor defeating Lee Zeldin
November 9, 2022
He who laughs last, laughs best.
eh...just give me the money and I’ll WALK to school...
That is rather funny.
Great news. Those EV’s are a walkking time bomb. Too many of the EVs explode kill everyone around.
Hah!
If Noo Yawkuhs want their electric toys, let Noo Yawkuhs PAY for them. Leave Americans out of it.
SHOULD have been done the FIRST DAY LEE WAS IN OFFICE!!
EV buses with heat turned down/off to conserve charge is making kids cold, and parents hot.
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