ALIGN

In May 2017, the Climate Works for All coalition launched the report “Restart Solar – Energizing Environmental Justice Communities” at a community event hosted by El Puente in Brooklyn.…

As the Trump administration threatens to dangerously roll back climate action at the national level, New York City has an opportunity to resist and fight back.…

A new analysis of employment data by Transform Don’t Trash NYC finds that recycling and job creation go hand in hand: major cities that divert higher percentages of waste from disposal have outpaced New York in creating local jobs via recycling, reuse, and re-manufacturing of discarded materials.…

On the four year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, it is important for New Yorkers to reflect on the progress we have made not only building a more resilient City but also in building a more just and equitable City.…

Decades of lax regulatory policies have permitted commercial waste haulers and facilities to prioritize their bottom line above the environment, community health, and worker welfare.…

Restart Solar, a new report by the Climate Works for All Coalition recommends reforms to the City’s solar program that will help: Establish stronger labor standards for good jobs, safe worksites, and local hiring programs targeted toward low-income communities, communities of color, and women to give them the opportunity to become an important part of our city’s climate workforce.…

This report details six evidence-based recommendations for how we can ensure that pro- recycling policies are also pro-business. The Transform Don’t Trash NYC Coalition believes that as the city expands and enforces its recycling regime, it must also create efficiency, price transparency, and substantial cost savings for high-diversion businesses – none of which can be achieved by the current, disorganized commercial waste system.…

This report shows that there is a dangerously high number of unsafe commercial sanitation trucks operating nightly on the streets of New York City.…

The Center for Urban Pedagogy collaborated with ALIGN, Transform Don’t Trash NYC, and animator Cole Hannan to shed light on the dirty secrets behind NYC’s commercial waste. This short animation follows a discarded milk jug on its journey from trashcan to landfill, exposing the impacts the current commercial waste system has on workers, community members, and the environment.

An estimated 60,000 New Yorkers were living in homeless shelters as of late 2015, with many members of the working poor unable to access any affordable housing. For the most vulnerable in our city, the affordability crisis has become a full-blown state of emergency.

If de Blasio fails to create truly affordable housing for low-income New Yorkers, he will repeat Bloomberg’s worst mistakes. As of right now, the similarities are painfully stark.

Instead, as this report shows, the city is currently stuck in aTale of One Housing Plan, and it won’t end well for the vast majority of New Yorkers.