More than 200 people signed up to speak at New York’s Climate Action Council May committee hearing concerning climate priorities to meet New York’s goal of zero emissions by 2023. NYLPI Director of Environmental Justice and steering committee member of NY Renews Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright advocated for the passage of the Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA):

“There will never be climate justice without justice for our workers. We don’t leave workers behind.”

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