New York is on a path to a green recovery. The State Legislature passed a budget last week that makes it clear that the environment is a priority for New York.

The State Assembly and State Senate each released their one-house budgets last week and included investments in several of our environmental priorities such as a $3 billion Environmental Bond Act and an expansion of the Environmental Protection Fund.

We're excited to release latest NYC Council Environmental Scorecard, in which Council Members are evaluated based on their support of environmental issues

During his campaign, President Biden made a commitment to the environment, including a promise that one of his first actions as president would be to rejoin the Paris climate agreement. Not only did President Biden keep this promise, he also signed a host of other executive orders on the same day, just a week after his inauguration.

The recently-passed Renewable Rikers Act, by Councilman Constantinides, repurposes Rikers Island for renewable energy generation and battery storage.

We are pleased to announce our endorsements for the upcoming City Council special elections.

At a budget hearing, our Policy Director Patrick McClellan called for more investment in environmental programs and advocated for policies that will reduce emissions like a clean fuel standard.

We are excited to release our 2021-2022 Westchester Policy Agenda. We will focus our advocacy and programming on combating climate