NYLCV Responds: 2023 State Budget
…efficiency, and create green jobs. NYLCV supports adopting an equitable cap and invest program, if implemented in the right way, to comprehensively reduce our state’s carbon footprint, invest in disadvantaged…
New York Voters Say Yes to the Environment!
…(SD-42), *Lea Webb (SD-52), Chris Eachus (AD-4), Gina Sillitti (AD-16), Ron Kim (AD-40), Grace Lee (AD-65), Alex Bores (AD-73), Tony Simone (AD-75), Amy Paulin (AD-88), Nader Sayegh (AD-90), MaryJane Shimsky…
New York Passes a Pro-Environment State Budget
…emissions from transportation. NYLCV will continue to advocate for these priorities. We thank the Governor, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Speaker Heastie, Senator Todd Kaminsky, Senator Kevin Parker, Assemblyman Steve Englebright, and…
State Legislation Would Improve Bus Service
…up to 30% slower compared to bus speeds in other major cities such as L.A., Philadelphia, or D.C. The drop in bus speeds has been accompanied by a drop in…
Congress Punts on Clean Energy Tax Credits
…for land-based wind development were approved for another year, extensions for off-shore wind, solar, electric vehicles, and energy storage incentives were excluded. This July was the hottest month ever recorded,…
Tackling Single-Use Plastics in New York
…of single-use plastics to our local economies and our environmental health is rising exponentially. According to the Clean Water Action (CWA), the biggest source of litter (49%) in the world’s…
Hunts Point Renovation: Clean Air and Environmental Justice
…the communities surrounding it. “These funds will help increase food security, meet growing food demands, maintain and produce new good-paying jobs, reduce diesel emissions in an area with a sky-high…
2019 NYLCV NYC Council Environmental Scorecard
…Carlos Menchaca, Antonio Reynoso, Donovan Richards, Carlina Rivera, Ydanis Rodriguez, Ritchie Torres, and Jimmy Van Bramer. (* Council Member Espinal resigned from the City Council in January 2020) “The Trump…
NYLCV is the only statewide environmental organization in New York that fights for clean water, clean air, renewable energy and open space through political action. We're non-partisan, pragmatic and effective.