New York Climate Advocates Celebrate Mamdani’s Victory, Prepare to Hold Him Accountable

Zaz Scott, lead coalition organizer at NY Renews, a statewide alliance that led the campaign to pass New York’s landmark Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, said the outcome “fundamentally changes the politics of the state.”

The governor, they noted, has lagged in rolling out the law’s funding mechanism, a “cap-and-invest” program designed to channel revenue into clean-energy projects for communities disproportionately affected by climate issues.

“No one from the federal government is coming to save us,” Scott said. “Action at the state level is crucial, and Mamdani’s win increases the pressure on Albany to deliver.”

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