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At a Town Hall in Council Member Reynoso's district last week, Mayor de Blasio had a big announcement for those

New York City's Independent Budget Office just released a report that added weight to two major concerns NYLCV has consistently raised about the City's Solid Waste Management Plan. The report was timed to coincide with the tenth year of the twenty-year Solid Waste Management Plan.

Even as Donald Trump attempts to force environmental progression to grind to a halt, it is clear that states can still make an impact and cut their own greenhouse gas emissions. The RGGI states’ commitment to this agreement sends a clear message to the federal government that the rest of the country will move forward in the fight against climate change, with or without its help.

There’s a debate among New York’s elected officials over how to fix the city’s debilitated, overcrowded transit system. Increasing delays and accidents have caused Governor Andrew Cuomo to declare the public transportation system to be in a state of emergency in desperate need of a solution. Although Governor Cuomo controls the transportation authority, he has called upon Mayor Bill de Blasio to help mend the crisis too, and they both have conflicting ideas on how to do so.

NYLCV is holding legislators accountable for their environmental votes. Find out if your legislators made the environment a priority in 2017

A massive toxic plume in the Nassau County Hamlet of Bethpage has been expanding beneath for years, sickening residents who

The Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the first phase of Consolidated Edison’s Shared Solar Pilot program, which helps low-income residents,

Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began a 30 day comment period on its plans to repeal the Clean Water Rule. If Congress blocks the Clean Water Rule, at least 55% of New York's stream miles and millions of acres of wetlands nationwide will again be at risk from pollution and destruction from development, oil and gas production, and other industrial activities.