“In the era of COVID-19 and climate change, Black, brown and Indigenous communities have been the most adversely impacted by the public health and economic crisis,” Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of the Brooklyn-based organization Uprose, told lawmakers at the hearing. About two dozen people testified in support of the bill, including representatives of New York Renews, Environmental Advocates NY, United University Professions, and a litany of community advocacy groups from cities across the state. “It is these same communities who suffer first and worst from recurrent extreme weather disasters,” Yeampierre said. Passing the bill means at least 150,000 more jobs could be created over the next decade to benefit such people, according to the Communications Workers of America District 1.
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