Legislature sends climate change bill to Cuomo

Scott Waldman

ALBANY—A bill passed by both houses of the Legislature on Thursday would require state-funded projects to factor in climate change.

The Community Risk Reduction and Resiliency Act, sponsored by Senator Diane Savino and Assemblyman Robert Sweeney, requires the state to account for the effects of climate change and extreme weather events. It had a wide range of support among business and environmental groups.

The bill, which first proposed mitigation of climate change, was amended from an earlier draft, which was opposed business groups because it included measures that could have cost businesses, such as carbon pollution control.

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