New York City pensions divest from private prisons
Lead by NYC Public Advocate Tish James, trustees voted to divest NYC pensions from notorious private prison companies in act of moral and financial responsibility.
200+ Local Elected Officials Call for New York State pension divestment
Officials from 50 New York counties point to harms and tens of billions of dollars in costs to taxpayers and municipalities from fossil fuels and climate change
Businesses lead on climate action and call on New York pensions funds to join them
From farm to table and bank to boardroom, businesses are leading the way on climate action. New York businesses are stepping up and making the financially smart case for fossil fuel divestment.
New Yorkers Turn Up the Heat to #DivestNY from Oil, Gas and Coal
After the historic Peoples Climate March, New Yorkers joined the global wave of divestment action and turned up the heat in the fight to divest New York from fossil fuels.
New Yorkers Take Trump Tower to Teach City Leaders about Real Climate Leadership
As part of Global Divestment Mobilization 2017, 150 NYers rallied at the golden Trump Tower to urge NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer to take on the fossil fuel companies controlling the White House by divesting New York from dirty oil, gas and coal companies.