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Our 2018 agenda charges the legislature and executive with four distinct but interconnected directives: ensure adequate funding for the environment, address the causes and effects of climate change, protect the health of New Yorkers and their communities, and conserve natural resources. Though we will support nearly fifty policies this year, we have identified the four issues below as top priorities.
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The New York City Council's legislative session ended in a flurry of activity, with Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito moving a number of environmental bills in the last stated meeting of her speakership.
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The Regional Plan Association (RPA) published their Fourth Regional Plan on November 30th, 21 years after the previous one was
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On Tuesday, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released a report focused on how to improve the NYC bus
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Last Wednesday evening at CUNY Law School in Queens, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) held its
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The New York City Department of Sanitation’s (DSNY) proposed commercial organics regulations were heard at a public hearing last week,
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Yesterday, the New York City Council heard Intro-1661, championed by Council Member Espinal, to create a comprehensive urban agriculture plan for New York City. We are excited by the possibilities and Adriana Espinoza represented NYLCV at the hearing, testifying in support of the bill.
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though New York and many other states along the Atlantic coast have bounced back from Sandy’s devastation -- which required a total federal aid package of $50.5 billion -- there is still a lot of work to be done.
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