--- title: "350.org on historic #ClimateMobilizationAct passing: “unprecedented leap toward a Green New Deal for New York”" date: 2019-04-18T20:28:44Z modified: 2019-04-18T20:29:55Z permalink: "https://350.org/press-release/gnd-for-nyc-passes/" type: press-release status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 95880 --- _New York, NY —_ [Hours before a march to stop the Williams pipeline](https://gofossilfree.org/ny/press-release/stop-williams-march-today/), the New York City Council passed some of the strongest climate justice legislation in the country, dubbed the #ClimateMobilizationAct. Led by Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Councilmember Costa Constantinides and grassroots groups New York Communities for Change (NYCC), ALIGN-NY, and Working Families Party (WFP), the broad and sweeping legislation is [recognized as a #GreenNewDeal4NY](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nyc-climate-change-green-new-deal_n_5cad3d1fe4b0e833aa32f12c). It includes the single largest cut of climate pollution by a municipality anywhere in the world while creating tens of thousands of good jobs, and nearly unanimous opposition to the Williams fracked gas pipeline. On the passing of this legislation, **Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, 350.org North America Director,** said: > “This legislation passing is a monumental and unprecedented leap toward a Green New Deal for New York. This bold package of bills serve as a vivid reminder that communities at the frontlines of the climate crisis are already, and must continue to be, at the forefront of solutions. New York is shaping up to be a model for real climate leadership for the rest of the country and world.” \### Contact: Lindsay Meiman, , +1 (347) 460-9082