Climate Change News

Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo gave his annual State of the State address and included several NYLCV priorities that we are eager to work with the Governor to enact.

We are excited to release our 2021 NYC Policy Agenda. In 2019, New York City committed to a bold Green

We're excited to release our green policy priorities - our 2021 New York State Policy Agenda.

We're excited to release our policy priorities for the Capital Region - our Capital Region 2021-2022 Policy Agenda. We will

We're excited to release our policy priorities for Long Island - our 2021-2022 Long Island Policy Agenda. We will focus

We expect 2021 to be a year in which the federal government takes decisive action to help New York State achieve its nation-leading climate goals.

More than 125 organizations including NYLCV joined together to hold a virtual lobby day in support of a range of environmental programs. Cutting environmental funding in 2021 would be pennywise and pound foolish, and we were glad to find on November 10th that so many of our state legislators agree.

The NYC Mayor’s Office recently released the long-awaited OneNYC 2020 Progress Report. While New York City’s social justice agenda is on the right track with the majority of its initiatives, there is still a long way to go to reach its environmental goals.