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The Great American Outdoors Act has passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 73-25. The GAOA combines two major conservation bills: S.500 (the Restore Our Parks Act), which seeks to address the maintenance backlog on public lands, and S.1081, which permanently allocates $900 million a year to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). More than 60 members co-sponsored the legislation including New York Senators Schumer and Gillibrand.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is seeking a second federal support package after three months of coronavirus-related closures have devastated the agency’s finances. NYLCV strongly supports this request.
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The Environmental Bond Act would allocate $200 million for wastewater infrastructure projects and $100 million for municipal stormwater projects in New York.
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Dear Members of New York’s Congressional Delegation, The undersigned organizations thank you for the work you are doing to support
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The state’s proposed $3 Billion Environmental Bond Act includes $700 million in funding for climate change mitigation projects, including green and energy-efficient buildings, carbon sequestration and emissions mitigation, climate adaptation and mitigation, urban forestry, and air and water pollution reduction.
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Although City parks make up 14% of NYC’s land, New York City's Parks Department receives only 0.6% of the City’s total budget, leaving parks and gardens neglected and overlooked as necessary infrastructure for successful and healthy neighborhoods.
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NYLCV testified at the New York City Council Sanitation Committee hearing on organic waste collection and electronic waste disposal.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed $24 million in cuts to the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) as a result of the current economic recession. These cuts, which are part of a proposed $1.3 billion budgetary reduction package, would affect all commuters but would have a disproportionately large, negative impact on low-income New Yorkers of color.
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