Click here to read the entire agenda for WestchesterIn 2008, the Westchester County Global Warming Task Force released a countywide Climate change action plan called the Westchester Plan for Climate Change and Sustainable Development (WAP 2008).This document lays out a comprehensive vision for a sustainable future for Westchester County and commits the county to a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050. NYLCV applauds this bold and forward-thinking initiative and highlights here some of the measures we believe to be of the greatest urgency.

NYLCV endorses it Education Fund's 2009 Westchester Policy Agenda which articulates a vision of what Westchester’s county government, as well as municipal governments throughout the county, can do to further critical sustainability goals. The issues addressed in this document — ranging from smart growth and transportation to protecting Westchester’s dwindling stock of open space — also coincide with NYLCV’s broad statewide advocacy goals.

It is our hope that, through intelligent and forward-thinking planning, Westchester County can address these challenges and create communities that will be models of suburban sustainability.