Albany Lawmakers Plot Climate Priorities and Ways to Find Green
By Samantha Maldonado, The City
When it comes to state climate action, the ball’s in Albany’s court, and by all appearances, lawmakers are still figuring out how to shoot it.
New York passed its nation-leading climate law over three years ago. Just last year, a state group finalized its scoping plan or “blueprint” for achieving the mandates of that law. And Gov. Kathy Hochul kicked off 2023 by laying out her climate priorities in the State of the State address last week.
Now, as the legislative session gets into full swing, state lawmakers are expected to write and pass bills to accelerate specific emission-reducing initiatives that touch on all sectors of the economy — including power, housing and transportation — and greenlight dollars to fund climate spending.