Latest News

In an effort to reduce emissions from transportation as well as better the lives of New Yorkers, Transportation Alternatives founded the NYC 25x25 coalition, which NYLCV is a part of. The coalition is urging the City to give back 25% of NYC street space to the people by 2025.

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.

Jobs to Move America released a report which found that switching from diesel buses to electric buses will decrease toxic pollution, reduce the risk of asthma for children riding on the buses, and create good-paying green jobs

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.

Clean fuel standards (CFS), an important tool for reducing transportation emissions, are on the march across North America. NYLCV strongly encourages our State Legislature to enact a New York Clean Fuel Standard in the 2021 legislative session. 

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