State Sen. Andrew Gounardes on Friday sharply criticized the Trump administration’s move to halt construction on a major offshore wind project based in his Brooklyn district.

The Empire Wind One project, located at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, was expected to power over 500,000 homes starting next year. Originally approved in 2017 under the Trump administration, the project is now in limbo as the U.S. Department of the Interior seeks to re-review construction plans.

Gounardes, a Democrat whose district includes Sunset Park and Red Hook, said during an interview on “Mornings On 1” that the decision came as a shock.

“When [President Donald] Trump first came into office, they did have that executive order to pause all future offshore wind development, so we kind of knew this was the

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