Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. By Georgia Good Often, bugs don’t get the same love as bigger, furry or finned New Yorkers. But…
By Georgia Good On February 25, we partnered with Con Edison for a breakfast and panel on one of America’s most consequential municipal climate policies: New York City’s 2019 Local Law 97 (LL97). As snow fell outside, we gathered at White & Case LLP’s offices in Manhattan, to discuss the landmark law – where we…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 3, we meet New York’s black bears. By Georgia Good It’s an awesome sight: an…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 3, we meet New York’s black bears. By Georgia Good This time of year, with…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 2, we meet the whales off NYC. By Georgia Good Picture this: an immense humpback…
The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund released an interactive map to help New York State residents determine if the building they live in (i.e., small apartment building or a single-family home) or visit or work (i.e., a house of worship or small office) has a drinking water service line that is or is possibly made of lead. Drinking water service lines are the pipes that carry water from the water main in the street to the inside of buildings.
Approximately 1.25 million – or more than one in three – water service lines in New York State are either made of lead or possibly made of lead, potentially impacting upwards of 3.1 million or 15% of all New Yorkers.
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. From the mountains and forests of the Adirondacks to the coasts of Long Island and NYC, our state…
The use of road salt to keep streets safe during winter storms has become an urgent environmental and public health concern. While salt is effective for melting ice and preventing dangerous driving conditions worldwide, including here in New York State, its overuse has significant public health and environmental consequences, especially regarding its impact on drinking water.
Autumn brings upkeeping tasks for outdoor spaces. With falling leaves and dropping temperatures, we want to make sure that you’re equipped with sustainable yard care tips.
