Today, ALIGN: The Alliance for a Greater New York launched ads in defense of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) as New York State budget negotiations continue and the law’s fate remains unclear. Governor Hochul has signaled her interest in further delaying the law’s mandates for greenhouse gas emissions regulations from 2030 to 2040 as well as shifting the way the state calculates emissions.
Today, Governor Hochul announced the details of her plan to weaken the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) by further delaying greenhouse gas emissions regulations to 2030, extending other climate law targets, and shifting the way the state accounts for climate-heating emissions. In response, ALIGN Climate Director Jenille Scott released the following statement:
Today, workers flooded City Hall to launch the $30 for Our City campaign, a new fight to raise the NYC minimum wage and deliver an urgent solution to our affordability crisis. Union leaders, workers, community groups, and businesses from the Raise Up NY coalition celebrated the introduction of the $30 for Our City Act (Int. 0757) — new legislation from Council Member Sandy Nurse to raise the wage floor for most New York City workers to $30 by 2030.
Today, the Climate Works for All coalition released a letter to Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Julie Menin with 75+ climate, labor, environmental justice, and student groups representing more than two million New Yorkers calling for a $2.2 billion investment in green public schools in the FY27 Budget.
ALIGN’s 2026 Cost-of-Living Action Plan
Working class New Yorkers are being pushed out of the state, struggling through unrelenting cost-of-living, health, and climate crises.…
In response to new legislation introduced to increase New York City’s minimum wage, Theodore A. Moore, ALIGN Executive Director and leader of the Raise Up NY coalition issued the following statement
On Cyber Monday and as the holiday shopping season ramps up, Theodore A. Moore, ALIGN Executive Director and leader of the New Yorkers for a Fair Economy coalition released the following statement:
The Newsletter for the Movement for Economic, Climate, and Racial Justice
The people have spoken: Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City.…
For Immediate Release: November 5, 2025
NYC Election Results are a Mandate for Green Schools, Universal Childcare, and a $30 Minimum Wage
NEW YORK, NY – In response to the results of the 2025 NYC general election, Theodore A.…
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