Cuomo Promises Progress on Clean Energy, Environment in 2018
n his 2018 State of the State agenda unveiled this week, and in his live address today in the Capitol in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to signif...
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Environmental Issues in the NYS 2017 Budget
The New York state budget negotiations, vintage 2017, were volatile, hard-fought, moody and now famously, late. Near the end of the process the late nights...
State to EPA: Don’t Leave NY with a Dirty Hudson River
Sometimes you have to face facts, even if the truth isn’t pretty. That’s essentially what New York State Commissioner of the Department of Environmental...
Big Win for New Yorkers: Governor Proposes to Double the Size of the Environmental Protection Fund
These days, if you're looking for a champion of environmental protection, just direct your eyes over to the New York State governor's office, in Albany. There...
NY Attorney General Schneiderman Champions Climate With Investigations of Peabody Coal, ExxonMobil
This blog post was written with my colleague Theo Spencer. When it comes to climate change, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been on a hot...
Fund the Gap: The MTA needs a fully funded 5 year capital plan
As anyone who rides public transportation around New York City knows, it's not getting less crowed and more on time. The MTA capital budget covers upgrades to...