500 Protest Gov Hochul Push to Gut Climate Law

On Wednesday March 25th 500 climate activists came to the State Capitol to urge state lawmakers not to give in to Governor Hochul’s push to gut the state’s climate law. We hear from Anne Rabe of the Alliance for a Nuclear Free NY; Greg Schwedock; Ethan Gormley of Citizen Action; Kim Fraczek of the Sane Energy Project; Molly Ornati of 350 Brooklyn; John Seakwood of Third Act Upstate; Alex Beauchamp of Food and Water Watch; Laura Faulk of the Climate Reality Project; Meghan Ahearn of NYPIRG; Jessica Azulay of AGREE: Jim Gordon of Extinction Rebellion; Bill Tai of Third Act; And Santosh of NY Communities for Change. About two dozen were eventually arrested for blocking access to the Governor’s office, including Greg, Molly, Bill, Jim, Santosh, and me. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.