Labor, green groups team up to push for clean energy in NY
Several labor unions and environmental groups teamed up Wednesday to urge New York lawmakers to do more to address climate change.
The coalition, called NY Renews, rallied outside the state Capitol before the Assembly voted late Wednesday night to codify some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s clean energy goals.
Environmental groups have long lobbied for more aggressive action on climate change, but the participation of the state’s powerful organized labor movement could give the effort more muscle in Albany.
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View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.