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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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The New York City Council's legislative session ended in a flurry of activity, with Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito moving a number of environmental bills in the last stated meeting of her speakership.
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The Regional Plan Association (RPA) published their Fourth Regional Plan on November 30th, 21 years after the previous one was
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The New York City Department of Sanitation’s (DSNY) proposed commercial organics regulations were heard at a public hearing last week,
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though New York and many other states along the Atlantic coast have bounced back from Sandy’s devastation -- which required a total federal aid package of $50.5 billion -- there is still a lot of work to be done.
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Just four short months after President Trump’s announcement to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, and the signing of Executive Order 26, Mayor De Blasio released today 1.5°C: Aligning New York City with the Paris Climate Agreement, which outlines the City’s rapid plan to limit greenhouse gases over the next four years.
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Last week, Mayor de Blasio announced that, in partnership with Con Edison, New York City will install a high speed
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Last week, Mayor de Blasio announced a plan to mandate energy retrofits for privately owned buildings. Though the plan's release
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