How Much Will New York’s ‘Green New Deal’ Cost Taxpayers?

How Much Will New York’s ‘Green New Deal’ Cost Taxpayers?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks inside Trump Tower about the Green New Deal, serving notice to President Donald Trump demanding more energy-efficient buildings, including Trump Tower, in New York on May 13, 2019. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images
Will Barclay
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Predictably, a public hearing on the implementation of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) yielded little information about how much the massive environmental bill is going to cost New Yorkers. The size and scope of the bill is enormous, and the measures contained would completely overhaul the state’s energy sector. Members of the Assembly Minority Conference have been asking for answers about the cost of the act’s implementation since it was passed in 2019, but so far those efforts have been repeatedly rebuffed. The hours-long hearing on May 13 was no different.

Will Barclay
Will Barclay
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William A. Barclay is a New York attorney and has been a Republican N.Y. state assemblymember since 2003. He is currently the assembly minority leader. He can be contacted at [email protected] or on Facebook and Twitter at @WillABarclay.
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