Another Voice: Hochul’s Climate Proposal Meets the Moment

Another Voice: Hochul’s climate proposal meets the moment

As part of this year’s state budget negotiations, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed common-sense changes to the state’s climate law. Lawmakers would be wise to follow her lead.

Delay climate law mandates

As state budget talks drag beyond three weeks past the deadline, Gov. Hochul is right to stand firm on amending the state’s climate law. Lawmakers should compromise.The goals of the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act may be noble,…

State budget stalls over Gov. Hochul’s climate law reversal, impacting Black and Brown New Yorkers

The New York state budget was due April 1 but there is little indication that the negotiations are close to a breakthrough. A key policy obstacle is Gov. Kathy Hochul’s planned rollbacks of the state’s climate law, which advocates say could potentially harm Black and Brown communities. “Coming out of an atrocious winter that saw home heating and natural gas prices skyrocket,” said Theodore A. Moore, executive director for Alliance for a Greater …