Issue Position: Address Climate Change and Flooding

Issue Position

With Westchester located between the Hudson River and the Sound shore coastline, we are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change -- from increased flooding to wind damage from major storms. Shelley has been a vigorous advocate for the protection of our environment, cosponsoring a bill that prohibited oil barges from anchoring in the Hudson River and securing $3 million for flood mitigation aid after Hurricane Sandy. Shelley also believes that climate change denial is a hurting our future and supported the Climate and Community Protection Act, a bill that would help put New York on track to minimize the adverse impacts of climate change through a reduction in statewide greenhouse gas emissions and improve the capacity of the state to respond to the impacts and risks of climate change.

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