In the early days of the 2024 legislative session, JustGreen Partnership member organizations and legislators call for quick action to pass the Ban on PFAS and Toxics in Menstrual Products bill - S. 3529A (Fernandez) / A.5990A (L Rosenthal) - which passed the Senate yesterday afternoon and is currently on the floor in the Assembly. 81 Assemblymembers - more than half of the body - cosponsor the bill.

Governor Hochul’s State of the State address did not include many environmental health and justice priorities, but her values align with our key priorities: protecting kids’ brain development from toxic lead poisoning, supporting maternal and infant health through reducing toxics in personal care, cosmetic, and period products, and ensuring safe and healthy housing for all New Yorkers.

Advocates applauded Governor Kathy Hochul for signing a first-in-the-nation bill to limit neonic pesticides. This bill was sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman (D, District 27) and Assemblymember Deborah Glick (D, District 66).

The JustGreen Partnership Advocacy Day virtual press event on priority bills

DEC plans to require kids’ product makers to report about hundreds of harmful chemicals if they’re in their products.

Pledges to address lead poisoning in children, remediate PFAS contaminated sites, shift the responsibility of waste reduction from consumers to manufacturers, commit to sustainable buildings without reliance on fossil fuels.

Today, advocates in the JustGreen Partnership applauded Governor Kathy Hochul for signing a ban on PFAS in Apparel, which makes New York and California as the first two states to ban the toxic chemicals in clothing. This bill was sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman (D, District 27) and Assemblymember Patricia Fahy (D, District 109).

Advocates applauded Governor Kathy Hochul as she signed the Digital Fair Repair bill. The new law - first of its kind in the nation - will give independent technicians access to diagnostic and repair information from original electronic device manufacturers.

Advocates all over the state put on press conferences to raise awareness to their local government officials and communities about how dangerous lead poisoning is.

Today, the New York State Assembly passed S.4630B (Kaminsky)/A. 5418B (Englebright), a bill prohibiting the use of flame retardants in furniture, mattresses, and electronic enclosures…

Over 20 organizations representing a wide swath of the environmental movement in New York held virtual and in-person meetings on Tuesday in the Capitol and Legislative Office Building to push a package of legislation that will strengthen the state’s environmental protections…

Advocates and legislative leaders today called on Governor Kathy Hochul, the Senate and Assembly to include increased funding and protections against childhood lead poisoning and lead contamination in the 2022-2023…

Governor Kathy Hochul’s vision for a New Era for New York clearly includes an understanding that our environment and public health are critical to the ability of New Yorkers to thrive. It demonstrates her serious approach to ensure that our state is a national leader in protecting public health and the environment…

Today, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Family and Fire Fighter Protection Act (S.4630B (Kaminsky)/A. 5418B (Englebright)) into law. The new policy prohibits the use of flame retardants in furniture, mattresses, and electronics cases…

Today, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law to eliminate lead in school drinking water by requiring schools to take action . The Safe Drinking Water In School Act (Ch. 771 of 2021), passed with unanimous support in both the Assembly and Senate during the legislative session in June…

Advocates in the JustGreen Partnership today applauded New York Governor Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders for signing a new law that will prohibit hotels from providing mini single-use bottles of personal care products…

New York’s environmental community today praised Governor Kathy Hochul after she signed a new public health law to add forty chemicals to the state’s list of “emerging contaminants” - toxic chemicals for which all water utilities in the state must test…

Clean and Healthy New York, an environmental health advocacy organization based in Albany, NY, strongly supports worker rights as integral to fulfilling our mission of building a just and healthy society in which toxic chemicals are unthinkable, and our vision of a clean, safe, and healthy world where all people are free to grow and thrive…