Latest News: New York City

Air pollution causes health problems. This is well known and widely accepted, and this awareness is heightened in New York

Last week, Mayor de Blasio announced that, in partnership with Con Edison, New York City will install a high speed

Last week, Mayor de Blasio announced a plan to mandate energy retrofits for privately owned buildings. Though the plan's release

Around the state, NYLCV has been pushing mayors, town supervisors, and local legislators to step up their environmental advocacy. Fighting

All eyes have been on Houston as they experienced the landfall of Harvey, and now as they begin the clean

At a Town Hall in Council Member Reynoso's district last week, Mayor de Blasio had a big announcement for those

New York City's Independent Budget Office just released a report that added weight to two major concerns NYLCV has consistently raised about the City's Solid Waste Management Plan. The report was timed to coincide with the tenth year of the twenty-year Solid Waste Management Plan.

There’s a debate among New York’s elected officials over how to fix the city’s debilitated, overcrowded transit system. Increasing delays and accidents have caused Governor Andrew Cuomo to declare the public transportation system to be in a state of emergency in desperate need of a solution. Although Governor Cuomo controls the transportation authority, he has called upon Mayor Bill de Blasio to help mend the crisis too, and they both have conflicting ideas on how to do so.