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While New York has made significant strides in advancing clean energy initiatives, there is a critical issue before us, an issue that threatens to slow our progress: increasing costs due to inflation and supply chain issues that could result in dozens of renewable energy projects being canceled.

The Home Energy Affordable Transition Act will enable gas utilities to comply with New York’s climate law while helping customers switch to affordable and reliable zero-emissions heating and cooling. The bill will ensure affordability by capping costs for low-income customers and avoiding billions in costly new infrastructure investments.

The New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) applauds the New York City Council for recently passing four important environmental laws, three to reduce lead-paint poisoning in the city and a fourth to require that the city establish an on-line interactive map for the city’s bike routes.

The New York League of Conservation Voters Gives Green has released a new round of bipartisan endorsements for candidates in the fall elections in New York City, Westchester, the Capital Region, and on Long Island.

New York’s congestion pricing plan, which was just given the green light by the federal government, will at once protect public health, tackle climate pollution, and make much-needed investments in our public transit. Yet Governor Murphy, who claims to be an environmental champion, has gone the desperate route of litigation to stop this critical climate policy that has proven effective in every major city where it has been implemented. And it is particularly rich that the lawsuit comes on the heels of the New Jersey Transit voting to stick their head in the sand on a looming financial crisis that threatens the viability of the public transit system. When it comes to fighting climate change, investing in mass transit, and improving the daily commute for hundreds of thousands of people – many of them NJ residents – the contrast on the two sides of the Hudson could not be more stark: Governor Murphy is going to court while New York City goes to work.

It’s been a big couple weeks for the future of the MTA and its ridership, with New York City taking a

Primary Election Day in New York State was a resounding victory for the environment as almost all the candidates endorsed by the New York League of Conservation Voters were victorious.

NYLCV/NYLCVEF's annual Gala draws over seven hundred environmentalists, business leaders from the energy and environment sectors, philanthropists, politicians and government officials from across the state each year.  Your participation as an honoree will highlight your efforts as a champion for the environment before the key players and stakeholders of New York's environmental community.