Breaking down the bond act
The state is drafting criteria for spending from the $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act.
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Lawmakers double down on clean water funding
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle shared frustrations with the governor’s $250 million clean water cut.
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Voters’ guide to the 2022 environmental bond act
Things to know before casting your ballot
1996 Bond Act lookback: Adirondack land conservation
How $150 million from the 1996 Environmental Bond Act was used for open space and farmland protection
With an environmental bond act before voters, a look back to 1996
New York voters will decide on unprecedented state debt for environmental projects, something they have not been asked to do in 26 years.
Digging for quarter-century records
The first in a two-part story on how public officials and the governor used funding from the last environmental bond act authorized in 1996.
Environment ranks high in New York’s 2023 budget
Hochul proposes large environmental protection fund, bond act and Olympic venue spending
Hochul announces Adirondack Park dam project
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced investment in a nearly century-old Adirondack Park dam and a proposed $4 billion environmental bond act.
Environmental bond act to go before voters in November 2022
Mother Nature is back on the ballot, except voters will have to wait a year before deciding on the $3 billion bond act.