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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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Last week, Governor Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have expanded Long Island’s Pine Barrens preserve. The expansion onto private lands was hastily proposed at the end of the legislative session last year and would have included plots where major solar farms were set to be constructed in Bethel and Shoreham.
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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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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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Event
We are thrilled to announce that tickets are available to our Long Island Cocktail Party on Monday, November 13th at
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Around the state, NYLCV has been pushing mayors, town supervisors, and local legislators to step up their environmental advocacy. Fighting
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Last week, Governor Cuomo invested in two of the greatest challenges facing Long Island: resilience from flooding and storms as
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A massive toxic plume in the Nassau County Hamlet of Bethpage has been expanding beneath for years, sickening residents who
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