"I'm surprised, I'm baffled, I'm angry," said City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, who represents East New York, where the city ran an earlier basement conversion pilot in 2019.
"To see a budget come out that fails to address any of the urgent policies related to climate is an abdication of responsibility from the governor and from lawmakers," one advocate told City Limits.
"We know the world can only reach its greenhouse gas emission reduction goals by effectively addressing the environmental impact of plastic. If plastics were a country, it would be the fifth largest producer of greenhouse gases."
"For me and for my staff at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), it's a time for not only great optimism, but also celebration and renewed commitment to environmental stewardship."
"My house gets flooded every single year,” 16-year old Diana Ramirez told City Limits, one of many New York City youth who took to the streets in the lead up to Earth Day to demand people in power stop funding fossil fuels.