Albany, NY – Final details were released today on the Fiscal Year 2027 budget bill that would gut the state’s landmark climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). Provisions being rolled back include a critical, science-based formula for accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, as well as slowing timelines for implementing provisions of the law. 

In response, Food & Water Watch’s New York State Director Laura Shindell issued the following statement: 

“Let’s be clear: Any budget that weakens the science-based standard by which we account for climate emissions is unacceptable. Any deal that slows the timelines or moves the goalposts when it comes to meeting the requirements of our climate law is unacceptable. And any legislator that votes to support such a betrayal of New York’s vital climate action will be held accountable.

“In a Trump-like manner, Governor Hochul manufactured her own political crisis by ignoring her statutory obligations to New York’s climate law. The Legislature should not bail her out of her self-created legal problems. We and our members expect our legislators to stand up and defend the law, and fight for a livable climate future for us and future generations.”

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