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NYLCV is seeking a Policy & Communications Associate to support legislative and advocacy efforts. This part-time, temporary role will focus on policy research, stakeholder engagement, and communications related to NYLCV’s policy priorities. The ideal candidate is a strong writer with a background in environmental policy, legislative affairs, or public relations.

The New York League of Conservation Voters and NYLCV Education Fund (NYLCV/EF) released their 2025 New York City Policy Agenda today. The agenda comes in advance of the League’s 2025 non-partisan Mayoral Forum on the Environment, which will be held on March 6 at NYU Skirball theater.

As we enter a new year and new era in Washington, NYLCV is committed to an aggressive 2025 federal agenda that highlights clean energy, clean water, land conservation, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable transportation, and funding for all federal agencies that impact the government’s fight against climate change.

NYLCV Policy Director Pat McClellan testified before the Environmental Conservation and Energy Committees about the need to advance cap-and-invest and fund clean water and the Environmental Protection Fund, among other priorities.

The New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) today released its 2024 NYC Council Environmental Scorecard, in which Council Members and the body as a whole are evaluated based on their support of environmental bills in the previous year and whether those bills passed.

As a member of New Yorkers for Clean Water and Jobs – a broad coalition of conservation, environmental justice, labor, business, local government, outdoor recreation and public health groups – we are requesting that lawmakers advance the following budget items: Appropriate at least $500 million for the Environmental Protection Fund, $600 million for the Clean Water Infrastructure Act; at least $200 million in capital funding for the New York State Parks; and at least $100 million in capital funds for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC); in a timely fashion, utilize the billions still available under New York’s $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act to help all New Yorkers, including those living in disadvantaged communities; appropriate funds so that the DEC can hire approximately 225 new full-time employees; and appropriate funds so that the New York State Department of Health (DOH) can hire additional staff to effectively implement and monitor new clean water standards.

Our position at the New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) is that nothing is more important than the health of our children. That’s why the NYLCV has signed on to the proposal called the Coalition for Healthier Schools. The coalition, established by our long-time partner, the Health Schools Network, based in Saratoga Springs, NY, sets forth federal and state goals for making our nation’s schools healthier for students and staff. The numbers show us how much is at stake. Every school day, 55 million children and seven million adults - about 20 percent of the American population - attend one of the 130,000 public or private schools somewhere in our country.

While the $1 billion in infrastructure investments Governor Hochul announced last week will help address critical needs, it falls far