By or on January 1, 2022, the state will be issuing a draft plan for meeting the requirements of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Signed into law in July 2019, the Act sets targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of the state’s economy. Read more…
City neighborhoods throughout New York State are burdened with vacant or underused houses that eventually deteriorate, leading to increased costs of code enforcement, policing and fire protection and decreases in taxable value. In many cases the property owners walk away from their responsibilities, leaving local governments to care for the Read more…
In this article I analyze transportation planning in the Genesee-Finger Lakes region through the lens of the state’s climate legislation. My intent is not to criticize the people who determine how transportation dollars are spent, but to show how a system of decision making no longer fits with the realities Read more…