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Governor Cuomo’s recently published Offshore Wind Master Plan, for the first time in our nation’s history, puts the financial and political power of a state behind creating sustainable energy infrastructure. This plan, when implemented, would combat climate change and create jobs while bolstering New York State port infrastructure.
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New York State has unveiled its long-awaited Boreas Ponds plan and it is being applauded our partners. The plan recommends the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) staff classify most of the 20,543-acre Boreas Ponds Tract as motor-free Wilderness.
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After 40 years, only 16% of private forest tract owners participate in the forestry tax credit. A new effort to reform the law hopes to change that.
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On Friday, we got our first look at the long-awaited Fix NYC Advisory Panel Report. The report has mostly been met with praise, even from frequent sources of criticism, and provides a template for how we can simultaneously get vehicles off the road, reduce emissions, and improve the efficiency of public transportation.
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Although expectations are lower in this challenging budget year than in the past two budget cycles, there is a great deal for environmentalists to like in Governor Cuomo's 2018-2019 Executive Budget. Of course, we cannot agree with the Governor on everything and we strongly believe that leaving a solution to single-use bag waste out of the budget was a serious oversight.
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The 2018-2019 New York State Executive Budget is due out soon and one important new program NYLCV is expecting to
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The 2018 Legislative Session is off to a strong start. Included in Governor Cuomo's State of the State Book are a number of items in NYLCV's Statewide Policy Agenda for this year.
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Our 2018 agenda charges the legislature and executive with four distinct but interconnected directives: ensure adequate funding for the environment, address the causes and effects of climate change, protect the health of New Yorkers and their communities, and conserve natural resources. Though we will support nearly fifty policies this year, we have identified the four issues below as top priorities.
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