New York City, a longtime leader when it comes to climate action, has made significant progress over the last 12 months on the ambitious climate goals laid out in PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, its strategic climate plan. This Progress Report highlights that progress.
Pursuant to Local Laws 60 and 64 of 2017, the EJNYC Report studies environmental burdens affecting communities of color and low-income communities and disparities in environmental benefits. The report also looks at how City processes meaningfully involve key stakeholders.
In this report, the NYC Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture (MOUA) details how the office met its legal mandates, and outlines plans to grow New Yorkers’ awareness, access, and activity through urban agriculture in NYC.
As the flooding New York City experienced from the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia last week demonstrated, the “new normal” of intensified storms requires a whole of government focus on emergency preparedness and climate resilience.
To comply with the Local Law, the Mayor's Office of Contract Services sent each mayoral agency a request for information about the agency's textile goods procurements within the four-year period required in the Local Law.
While a monumental challenge, climate change also presents an opportunity for us to reimagine our communities and to create a more equitable, healthy, and resilient future. PlaNYC will deliver near-term benefits to New Yorkers as we move toward achieving ambitious long-term climate goals.
For the 10-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the Office of the New York City Comptroller and Urban Ocean Lab partnered on an assessment of community-led climate resilience initiatives that developed in the wake of the storm.