Community members rally for stricter state environmental regulations

Environmental activists say “polluters should pay,” and that’s what they were chanting outside of the Syracuse offices for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Tuesday.

About forty people from across the state chanted and held signs ahead of a public hearing about the state’s proposed air pollution regulations.

Maggie Reilly from Indivisible Mohawk Valley said she’s seen firsthand how the climate crisis is affecting her community.

"We are experiencing extreme flooding events, caused by precipitation of increased intensity, longer duration and higher frequency,” she said. “This flooding has increased over the past decade to a point where people can no longer live in their homes."

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