New York State Insider: [MEDIA ADVISORY] SENATOR ALESSANDRA BIAGGI TO JOIN DOZENS OF BRONX YOUTH AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO RALLY FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE.

 

MEDIA ADVISORY: Thursday, May 20th, 2021

SENATOR BIAGGI TO JOIN DOZENS OF BRONX YOUTH AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO RALLY FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE. 

BRONX, NY – On Friday, May 21st at 12pm, State Senator Alessandra Biaggi will join Bronx residents in a rally for Climate Jobs and Justice in New York State. The rally will feature Bronx youth speakers and elected officials including Assemblymembers Amanda Septimo and Nathalia Fernandez. 

Who: Senator Alessandra Biaggi, Assemblymembers Amanda Septimo and Nathalia Fernandez, youth speakers from THE POINT CDC’s ACTION youth leadership development program and TREEage. 

What: Rally calling on all Bronx elected state officials to pass climate justice bills now.

When: Friday, May 21st at 12pm ET

Where: Outdoor courtyard at THE POINT CDC - 940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, NY.

COVID-19 safety: The rally will be outdoors. Attendees will be masked & maintain social distance. 

The Bronx rally will be one of twelve across the state the week of May 17th, during which organizers in Long Island, Ithaca, Albany, Westchester, Buffalo, and NYC will call for the  passage of the recently introduced New York Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA,  S4264-A/A6967). The CCIA would generate $10-$15 billion in revenue and invest the funds in green job creation, renewable energy, and investment in communities hit hardest by the climate  crisis. Low and moderate-income New Yorkers in the Bronx would also automatically receive a  yearly tax credit of $700. 

Additionally, Senator Biaggi and Assemblymember Septimo are calling for the passage of  legislation (S4371B/A6150) to enact new standards for seven toxic air pollutants commonly  unleashed in the Bronx, require facilities to install fenceline monitoring, and to create a  community benefit fund to support projects that will specifically benefit neighboring  environmental justice communities. 

In the Bronx, these laws, if enacted, would mean significant, community-led investment in  infrastructure to reduce emissions and reverse high asthma rates, through such measures as  reducing harmful truck exhaust and retrofitting homes, schools and other community institutions.