“There’s still a long, long way to go to see the CLCPA be implemented with its original intentions,” said Summer Sandoval, with the Sunset Park community group UPROSE.
Both UPROSE and the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance are members of the NY Renews coalition credited with relentlessly pushing the law that forms the basis of the CLCPA. The group is pressing for more scrutiny of how clean energy money is currently being spent to ensure the state meets its commitments. Members sent a letter on Thursday calling for a full audit of Covid-19 related and all agency clean energy spending.