Today's State of the State address by @GovKathyHochul included so many initiatives to improve the lives, safety, and well-being of New Yorkers. We're excited to continue working with state leaders to create a safer world for all of us.
Read our full statement by @jessicaottney.
NEW YORK: Hundreds of Jews & neighbors are lighting a NINE-FOOT TALL MENORAH decorated with the word “Ceasefire.”
On the first night of Chanukah, we’re making it clear:
End the siege on Gaza. Release all hostages. We are #JewsForCeasefire.
Great news! $110 million in NYS grants will help communities protect drinking water, update water infrastructure, and improve fish habitat.
Thank you @GovKathyHochul for your dedication to improving water quality.
It's #NYEnviroFund#FixOurPipes at work! https://t.co/8RsoTPlQkj
Also creation of Office of Just Transition
NYPA building renewables (more details/reax TK)
https://t.co/IWzsEMrZgQ
Cap and invest
https://t.co/fRlSCYV73T
Building codes and extended producer responsibility (details TK)
Some top lines from the budget book:
>400m for EPF
>500m for water infra
>200m for parks infra
>90m for DEC capital needs
>200m for DPS utility customers
>200m NYSERDA retrofit 20k homes
>something to resolve solar/wind tax issues??? (details tbd)
https://t.co/fCHvzhKjfL
Thank you @GovKathyHochul for standing strong on congestion pricing. We need funds for the @MTA's 🚇🚌🚈 - and to cut the choking traffic and air pollution in NYC.
Last week someone sent me dozens on internal documents from a fossil fuel trade group.
They reveal a massive greenwashing campaign that aims to convince Americans that propane (a fossil fuel) is good for the environment.
The campaign has already reached 300m+ people.
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Our policy & strategy director @jessicaottney is recognized as a Power Player in the 2022 Elections by @PoliticsNYNews@amNewYork.
Thank you for all you do on behalf of @nature_org and NY's environmental coalitions @NYBondAct@NYEnviroFund, Jessica!
https://t.co/UXwLLvE1GM
Congratulations to the new chairs of the Senate & Assembly Environmental Conservation Committees, @SenatorHarckham and @DeborahJGlick!
Our team looks forward to working with you to protect clean air and water, repair wildlife habitat, and implement the #NYBondAct.
When Justice Alito says that “before the arrival of Europeans, the tribes were at war with each other”, he isn’t only saying that Indigenous people were “uncivilized.” He’s implying Europeans brought a peaceful civilization, which denies settler colonialism’s genocidal project.
This is unbelievable.
Reinfections had a 3 time risk of hospitalization and a 2 time risk of death compared to no reinfection.
Whoever said reinfections were not significant was deeply wrong
Spread this far and wide
It would’ve been really easy for the Fetterman campaign to lean into ableism after his stroke,
And instead he and the campaign addressed the reality that millions of Pennsylvanians and Americans have had health crises, just like he did, and deserve the life saving care he got —
Congratulations, and thank you for helping pass Prop 1, the Clean Water, Clean Air, & Green Jobs Bond Act. The @NYBondAct is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fund critical #EnvironmentalJustice initiatives here in New York State. #NYBondAct
A few on-the-Amtrak takeaways:
- No Republican wave; historically the party underperformed when compared to other midterms.
- That said, here in NY, thanks to a remarkable redistricting debacle, Repubs were able to flip at least 2 if not 3 Congressional seats.
New Yorkers resoundingly voted “yes” on the act. Here’s what @jessicaottney told me earlier this week:
“These are issues that are pervasive across our state and they hit everyone equally no matter what political affiliation they are,” she said. “This is not a political measure.”