The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) is a network of community-based groups in low-income neighborhoods of color throughout NYC. Founded in 1991, NYC-EJA organizes its member groups to advocate for the empowerment of environmentally overburdened communities by coalescing around city and state-wide issues which threaten their ability to thrive. What distinguishes NYC-EJA is our ability to: A) Create, nurture, and organize a collective voice to mobilize citywide support to resolve environmental justice issues. B) Highlight key environmental justice issues and policies that arise in multiple communities, or impact citywide conditions, requiring innovative and creative problem solving. C) Involve people of color and other stakeholders directly affected by environmental issues in leadership roles. For 30+ years, NYC-EJA has been at the forefront of city and state campaigns to advance environmental and climate justice. Our recent campaign accomplishments have re-defined environmental/climate justice advocacy in NY – our leadership has included: * The Waterfront Justice Project, NYC’s first citywide community resiliency campaign. * The Sandy Regional Assembly. * The historic 2014 People’s Climate March (the largest climate mobilization in history, with over 400,000 marchers). * NYC’s first “Waste Equity” law (reduced waste transfer station capacity in NYC's most overburdened communities). * Transform Don’t Trash NY (the largest proposal to overhaul NYC’s commercial waste system in decades). * Climate Works for All (won the 2019 NYC Climate Mobilization Act, the most ambitious climate action plan by any major U.S. city). * NY Renews (lead for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, CLCPA, the most aggressive climate action law among U.S. states - inspired President Biden's Justice40 initiative). * Congestion pricing for NYC’s Central Business District (the first by any North American city). * The NYC Climate Justice Agenda.
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