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This position will support the programs team in community outreach, canvassing, and advocacy efforts related primarily to offshore wind, clean water, and voting.

The area encompasses Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and the Great Lakes region and has a population of a little more than 3.5 million people. Our overall environmental goals for the region are to increase renewable energy, decarbonize buildings, clean up toxic waste, provide safe drinking water for all residents, and reduce waste going to landfills. 

After three rounds of federal funding, New York State has received $369 million for lead service line inventory and pipe replacement projects and at this rate is likely to receive at least $645 million in total.  This funding is coming from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that was signed into law by President Biden in October 2021. In total, BIL is providing $15 billion to all states -- at a rate of $3 billion a year over a five year period -- the largest amount of funding ever invested by the federal government for this purpose.

The plan – which was developed through a collaborative community planning process with local organizers and 29 state agencies – provides a roadmap for the entire New York State government to improve extreme heat resiliency and mitigation, especially in vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.

By Peter Aronson Each year, NYLCV and the NYLCV Education Fund work to identify the most pressing issues on the

Congestion pricing, which was scheduled to start June 30, would require vehicles entering Manhattan’s central business district (CBD), between 60th street to the southern tip of Manhattan, to pay varying tolls based on the vehicle type and the day and time of entrance. The tolls were expected to raise $1 billion a year, which when bonded would add $15 billion to the MTA’s current mass transit capital budget. This would help the MTA modernize, improve and add services to its overall public transportation system, creating easier and more sustainable public access to the CBD by enhancing bus and subway service and adding more and safer bike lanes.

The New York City Council has proposed a controversial new bill — nicknamed the “Rotten Apple Bill” — that would require property owners to take on the task and expense of replacing all of their building’s lead water service lines within the next ten years, costing them thousands of dollars out-of-pocket. Prior to today’s New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts hearing, the New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning (NYCCELP) — a group in support of responsible lead service line replacement — held a press conference to oppose the bill.

New York League of Conservation Voters and Sprague Operating Resources LLC hosted a press conference today to celebrate the availability of renewable diesel at the Sprague Fuel Terminal in Rensselaer, NY which will service trucking companies and wholesalers in the Upstate Region. Earlier this year, Sprague opened New York City’s first retail fuel station dispensing renewable diesel supplied from Sprague’s NYC Bronx Terminal. Renewable diesel affords an immediate reduction of greenhouse gasses, particulate matter small particles, and NOx emissions. The transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution in New York. Low-carbon fuel options for existing vehicles will immediately cut transportation emissions and help New York meet its bold climate goals.