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Each year, our Gala brings together elected and public officials, business leaders, environmentalists, and philanthropists from all over the state.

For city and state lawmakers, the 2024 session kicked into gear last week with major budgetary announcements from Governor Kathy

One of the League’s top priorities for 2024 is the continued allocation of at least $4 billion in clean water infrastructure funding over the next five years, with $600 million in the 2024-2025 budget to reduce the backlog of water infrastructure projects. But the governor’s proposed budget takes us in the wrong direction. It will slow our ability to replace lead service lines, tackle emerging contaminants and ensure our waterways are safe and swimmable, while jeopardizing public health, the environment and the jobs created by infrastructure projects to fix our pipes and deliver safe drinking water to our families.

Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget demonstrates her commitment to fighting climate change through actions such as decarbonizing buildings and increasing renewable

We are pleased that Mayor Adams reversed course on several of his proposed November budget cuts that would have struck

After the hottest year on record and a seemingly unending string of extreme weather events, it is time for New

There has been a lot of exciting offshore wind news in recent months, including the completed installation of the first

Gov. Hochul introduced the program as part of her 2023 State of the State address and on December 20, the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority and the Department of Environmental Conservation announced the next big step by releasing a pre-proposal outline and Climate Affordability Study.