New York Proposal 1, the Environmental Bond Measure, calls for issuing $4.20 billion in general obligation bonds to finance climate change mitigation (including clean energy initiatives), flood-risk reduction, water infrastructure, and land conservation and recreation. This proposal will be included in New York 2022 election ballots. State legislators from the Finger Lakes region have been divided on this measure: Democrats have been in favor of it, while Republicans have opposed it.
Read this blog post by Peter Mantius for more information: https://waterfrontonline.blog/2022/11/01/finger-lakes-republicans-united-against-popular-environmental-bond-issue-on-ballot-as-proposal-1/
