NY RENEWS Pushes More Climate Funding
The NY Renews coalition and legislative allies want $1 billion in funding for community planning, electric school and transit buses, decarbonizing schools, transitioning low-income homeowners to electric heat and more. The spending package includes labor standards and protections, a key component of the coalition’s push.
“What we want to do is build a union climate economy,” Ramos said at a Capitol news conference.
Hochul proposed using $250 million in bond act money for voluntary buyouts for properties threatened by flooding and rising seas, plus $130 million for resiliency grants for flood control projects. The governor also wants $47 million to plant trees. But she made no major new proposals to fund emissions reduction efforts.