Volume 12, Issue 8
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Warriors….come out to play-ay…!

NYC-EJA’s 30th Anniversary Celebration

Friday October 29, 2021
Roulette Performance & Arts Space
509 Atlantic Avenue(corner of 3rd Avenue, 1 block from Barclays Arena)
6 - 8:30 pm: Dinner & Program
8:30 - 11 pm: the NYC-EJA Get Down

Purchase tickets at: NYC-EJA30.eventbrite.com
We are looking forward to seeing many of you at our 30th anniversary celebration in October - in the meantime, we would like to introduce the first of the Fantastic Four that will be honored at the celebration!
Introducing New York Renews!
As a founding member, NYC-EJA is proud to honor our allies of the statewide 
New York Renews as one of our 30th Anniversary's Fantastic Four coalitions.

NY Renews, is a multi-sector coalition of over 300 organizations from all across New York creating a path to a just, clean-energy economy in New York State. Lead proponents of the landmark Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), which sets a mandate to decarbonize all sectors of the economy by 2050 and establishes the Disadvantaged Community Investment Mandate (DCIM), an environmental justice provision that has been the model for the Federal Justice 40 initiative. Now the coalition is working to build on that victory with effective implementation of the CLCPA even as we push for passage of the Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA) and fight for aligned policies at the State and Federal level.
Tell Energy Regulators to follow the CLCPA
Under the CLCPA, now New York State law, ALL State agencies are required to consider both harm to disadvantaged communities and New York’s climate goals in their decision making. Energy regulators are saying that these rules do not apply to them! 

The NYS Department of Public Service now claims that they do not have to apply the CLCPA when they set rates (when they decide how high your energy bill will be). This is not only a violation of the express language of the law, it is also a show of deliberate indifference to the needs of frontline communities and a willful act by the Department to shirk its responsibility to meet New York’s climate goals.


You can also officially file your comments by copying and pasting the letter from the tool into the comment form on the PSC's website. They must hear that New Yorkers won't stand for energy regulators thinking they're above the law.

Farewell to Tok Oyewole!
Last month, NYC-EJA said a bittersweet farewell to our Policy and Communications Organizer, Tok Oyewole. After 2+ years with NYC-EJA, Tok has transitioned to work on national solid waste issues. Tok remains committed to advancing transformative EJ policies, building on efforts like Commercial Waste Zones, Zero Waste, and Localized Composting! We wish Tok all the best in their next steps!

Be sure to check for more exciting news from NYC-EJA about our 30th Anniversary and ongoing work, on our website and in future newsletters! And if you like what you read, please consider making a tax-exempt donation to support our work.

Sincerely,
Eddie Bautista
Executive Director
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
Content/Editing/Compiling Contributions: Shravanthi Kanekal
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