Crain’s – The City Council introduced an ambitious package of green legislation on Thursday, with an initiative that would expand curbside composting across New York City [Read More].

City Limits – By refusing to send our trash to the communities adjacent to waste transfer stations, landfills, and incinerators—predominantly low-income communities of color—our city will be taking concrete steps to stand in solidarity with the struggles of environmental justice communities fighting to protect their land, air, and health [Read More].

Thirteen – A recent success is the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which calls for a 40% reduction in New York State’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and a reduction by at least 85% by 2030. That progress is now bolstered by badass young Muslim elected officials like Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani and newly elected Brooklyn Council Member Shahana Hanif, who are pushing forward important decarbonization bills that will benefit our city and state [Read More].

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