NYC has faced significant economic setbacks over the past few months due to the COVID pandemic and as a result many community composting sites that receive funding from the city are on the chopping block. We urge Mayor de Blasio to keep his promise of finding new locations for the Lower East Side Ecology Center and Big Reuse composting sites.
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This year, due to COVID-19, there has been a huge surge in the amount of people at the Adirondack Park.
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Along with our partners, we are working to strengthen New York City’s lead poisoning prevention laws. We urged the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to significantly shorten its compliance period for building owners to complete a lead paint inspection.
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Now that all of the absentee, early voting, and election day ballots have been counted, we’d like to update you on results.
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The New York League of Conservation Voters is the only statewide environmental organization in New York that fights for clean water,
Learn MoreGovernor Cuomo signed two NYLCV-priority bills, delivering a big win for the environment to kick off the holiday season. The bills will eliminate PFAS toxins from food packaging and will help reduce road salt contamination in the Adirondacks.
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The New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection recently held an oversight hearing on the City’s role and influence on the state’s offshore wind development plans. Our New York City Policy Associate Carlos Castell Croke testified at the hearing.
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The Federal Highway Administration has indefinitely held up approval of New York’s congestion pricing plan - one of NYLCV’s priorities - refusing to raise any substantive concerns. NYLCV is working with other advocates to reach out to New York’s Congressional delegation and President-elect Biden’s transition team to emphasize the need to support transportation, and we are hopeful that we will see positive action on congestion pricing early in 2021.
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