New City DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman
By Michael V. Cusenza
Mayor Bill de Blasio recently appointed Henry Gutman as New York City’s next commissioner of the Department of Transportation.
Gutman, who serves as chairman of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and serves on the Board of Brooklyn Bridge Park, was a member of de Blasio’s BQE Expert Panel in 2019 and 2020.
“Hank Gutman is a visionary leader whose decades of civic life in this city have made New York City fairer, better, and more accessible,” de Blasio said. “We made permanent and progressive changes to city streets last year, and we have more to do this year. I can’t wait to work with him to expand transportation options to every New Yorker and build a recovery for all of us.”
Capitol Confidential By Edward McKinley on February 4, 2021 at 9:18 AM
ALBANY Bills in the state Assembly and Senate would lower the amount of lead that can be found in school drinking water before action is taken to one-third of the current threshold.
New York passed the “Safe School Drinking Water Act” in 2016, setting the maximum safe amount of lead in drinking water to 15 parts per billion. It was one of the toughest testing mandates at the time, and other states have since followed suit. Now advocates are arguing that the threshold should be lowered even further, to five parts per billion.
Con Edison Outlines Pathway To Climate Resiliency And Adaptation
Report Establishes Climate Change Projections For Company s Service Territory
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Con Edison is enhancing how it plans and designs its energy delivery systems to make New York City and Westchester County more resilient against the intensifying effects of climate change.
In a report issued today, Con Edison details how it will incorporate climate change into its planning, design, operations, and emergency response. The company has taken a more proactive and forward-looking approach to climate resiliency in recent years, building on its energy industry leadership on the issue.
Can Green Jobs Push Revive New York s Economy? PUBLISHED 4:55 PM ET Jan. 13, 2021 PUBLISHED January 13, 2021 @4:55 PM
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Fighting climate change and creating jobs in the process - that s the twin goals of Governor Andrew Cuomo s plans laid out in his State of the State agenda. We can establish ourselves as the nation s leader for renewable energy, innovation and production, Cuomo said on Wednesday as part of his mutli-day State of the State rollout. We will secure the jobs of the future right here at home for New Yorkers.
Cuomo called for a major investment in the so-called green economy. He wants to build off-shore wind turbines manufactured in the Capital Region and boost downstate energy needs by building new lines in upstate New York. And he wants to train a workforce to help build and manage these projects.