The City
Last fall, the City Council passed a bill that required the Mayor’s Office to create a citywide ”climate adaptation plan.”
While outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio supported the legislation, it was his successor who was tasked with delivering that plan.
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration in late October — nearly a month after the plan was due — unveiled its response to the law, a plan called AdaptNYC. Several environmental advocates say it falls short of the law’s requirements.
“It completely misses the mark,” contended Mike Dulong, senior attorney at Riverkeeper, who added that it was “beyond belief” New York doesn’t already have a comprehensive strategy to address climate change. […]
But New York City’s top climate officials — including Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner and Chief Climate Officer Rit Aggarwala and Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice Executive Director Kizzy Charles-Guzman — said that AdaptNYC does comply with Local Law 122 and that there’s more to come.