Zellnor Myrie

 Zellnor Myrie is an incumbent seeking re-election to represent New York Senate District 20. As a lifelong resident of the community he now represents in the Senate, he is sensitive to the costs of environmental inaction—namely, that it disproportionately affects people of color. He fought for a myriad of inclusions to the state budget last session, including:  The $3 billion Environmental Bond Act of 2021, to fund environmental improvements that preserve, enhance, and restore New York’s natural resources and reduce the impact of climate change, extending tax credit for brownfield redevelopment projects subject to Covid-related delays for two years, Modifying the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act to strengthen the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and to protect farmland, and ensuring that good jobs are created on State Renewable Energy Credit projects through the expansion of prevailing wage, labor peace, Buy American, and Buy NewYork procurement preferences. Myrie is committed to continue the work to ensure New York’s environment is sustained and protected for generations to come.