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Senate District #48: Rachel May

Senator Rachel May is one of the leading environmental champions in the N.Y. State Legislature. She currently sponsors the Bigger Better Bottle Bill and important legislation on PFAS discharge disclosure, monitoring and fighting harmful algal blooms, pollinator protection, and more, as well as bills to facilitate strengthening the electric grid and to promote complete streets. She is a member of the Environmental Conservation Committee and the EPA Local Government Advisory Council and a strong advocate in her Central NY district for better watershed protection, urban forestry, and green jobs. Before she ran for office in 2018 she was Director of Sustainability Education at Syracuse University and chair of the recycling committee on the board of the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency. Rachel’s door is always open to our group.

Assembly District #102: Janet Tweed

Assembly District #127: Al Stripe

Al has been a hero for the environment in his years as Assemblyman. He has penned and passed many important bills and always includes environmental concerns in his approach. This year he has been a strong proponent of the Heat Act, and authored a new bill “Bucks Boilers” which will provide low and medium income families with grants to allow them to electrify their homes. He has pushed heat pump induction stoves and always focuses on getting state funding for environmental projects. He also included an All electric buildings act. Al is Chair of economic developments and works to get a long term view for the business community and tries to convince the business community that doing nothing is not an option and that things like extreme weather events even disrupts the business community. He feels they have to be part of the solution.
Al is a big proponent of recycling, and has two paint recycling events and two e-recycling events in his district each year.

Assembly District #128: Pam Hunter

Pamela Hunter is a strong advocate for environmental protection. As a legislator, she has supported bills to address e-waste, support renewable energy, increase recycling, and fund environmental programs. She also supports cap and invest programs, the expansion of renewable energy, and updating water infrastructure and agriculture. She has been an outspoken advocate to fight climate change and has had several bills passed for tax incentives for energy efficiency and more eco friendly projects. Last month, she helped pass a series of bills to protect our environment; including a bill she sponsored to protect the state’s fresh water supply (A.2286). She also co-sponsored legislation that would require the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to publish a list of “high local environmental impact zones” and consider various factors that contribute to a community’s environmental health (A.1779) and a measure to amend the state constitution to include the right to clean air and water and a healthful environment (A.2064).    

Assembly District #129: William Magnarelli

Assemblyman Magnarelli has always been a champion for the environment and environmental causes.  He supported the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.  Assemblyman Magnarelli helped pass a 2024-25 state budget that invests $2.5 billion for the environment, including $500 million for clean water infrastructure and $400 million for the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF).  He also supported the legislation to require “all electric” in new building construction.  Assemblyman Magnarelli also sponsors two bills of environmental importance in this current Legislative Session: A.252, which requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces containing or made of recyclable material to include a message about recycling the printed materials; and A.9472, The Resilient Electric Vehicle Charging Pilot Program, which would facilitate the use of small hydroelectric facilities as centers for the charging of electric vehicles (EV’s) in order to increase infrastructure for EV charging throughout New York State. Assemblyman Magnarelli, as Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, also worked with his North Country colleagues to craft a bill to address the harmful effects of road salt on the Adirondack Park.  He was also supported legislation to help implement the transition to “zero emission” vehicles. Our group has been working closely with the Assemblyman over the past decades. Our group has been working closely with the Assemblyman over the past decades. 

US House, District 22: John Mannion

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