Statement from NY Renews and New Yorkers for Clean Air Calling for Gov Hochul to Launch the Cap and Invest Program ASAP

New Yorkers have made it clear that they want a cleaner, healthier future. This rule is a first step toward identifying polluters spewing greenhouse gases and toxic pollution into our air. Next, we need to hold those polluters accountable for reducing their pollution. Washington is weakening pollution protections and rolling back essential reporting programs, and it’s more critical than ever that states lead the way on policies that will clean our air and make our communities healthier.

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Throughout June, Hundreds of New Yorkers Called for Energy Affordability and Clean Air via Cap & Invest

NEW YORK — Throughout June, over 200 advocates and community members gathered with legislators at New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation’s various statewide offices to testify and urge Governor Hochul to release the regulations for the state’s cap-and-invest program. Those who testified called for a bold program to reduce climate pollution and provide energy affordability through lower energy bills and upgraded homes while creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs. 

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NY Renews on End of 2025 Legislative Session

New York — As New York’s 2025 legislative session came to an end, Stephan Edel, NY Renews Executive Director, released the following statement:

“The legislative session ended with a small victory in the fight to get New York off of gas—the elimination of the ‘100-foot rule’ for gas utilities, which means New Yorkers will no longer have to pay to connect new customers to the gas system. There’s no reason that New Yorkers should be subsidizing the expansion of outdated, toxic fuel infrastructure; this is one step in the right direction. We’re grateful to the lawmakers who worked overtime to pass this bill in the Senate and Assembly, and look forward to seeing it signed by the Governor this year as we look ahead to the passage of the rest of the former NY HEAT Act—now the Customer Savings and Reliability Act next session. 

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In Albany, New Yorkers Call on Gov Hochul to Make Polluters Pay and Invest Revenue in Clean Air Programs 

Albany, NY — Today, legislators, including Assemblymembers Anna Kelles, Al Stirpe, and Claire Valdez; advocates; and community members gathered at Albany, New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation to testify and urge Governor Hochul to release the regulations for the state’s cap-and-invest program. This is the second of three in-person hearings throughout the state this month, giving New Yorkers the chance to advocate for a program that would make polluters pay for their toxic and climate-warming emissions while raising between 6 and 12 billion dollars every year to help lower energy bills, upgrade homes and small businesses to clean energy with modern heating and cooling technologies, and create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs. 

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