Alliance members are working to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, accelerating action, centering equity, and tracking progress. 

Explore New York's policies and actions across the Alliance's 10 key policy areas. Numbers presented below only reflect the number of policies in this database and thus may not reflect all climate policies pursued.

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MTA Board Approves Phasing In the Congestion Relief Zone Toll

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board today approved a new feature of the Congestion Relief Zone tolls adopted in March – a plan to phase in the new tolls over six years. With this new feature, all initial toll rates will be 60% of the initially approved rates in 2025, 2026, and 2027. Automobiles will be charged $9 during peak periods and $2.25 overnight. All other toll rates, including those for trucks, buses, and motorcycles, as well as all crossing credits, will be 60% of the initially approved rates.

From 2028 to 2030, the rates will stand at 80% of the initially approved rates – $12 for automobiles during peak times and $3 overnight. The full undiscounted rates will begin in 2031.

Starting January 5, 2025, vehicles entering the Congestion Relief Zone in Manhattan — local streets and avenues at or below 60 Street — will be charged a toll. The toll will result in at least 80,000 fewer vehicles entering the zone every day, relieving crowding in what is today the most congested district in the United States.

Congestion Relief Zone

New York was the first state in the nation to launch their Home Energy Rebates program, created by the Inflation Reduction Act. New York’s program will allow more low-and-middle income families to take advantage of efficiency and clean energy upgrades that will make their homes more comfortable while saving money on their energy bills. 

Home Electrification Appliance Rebate (HEAR) funding through the Inflation Reduction Act expanded the incentives that income-eligible New Yorkers can receive through EmPower+ program to make their homes more comfortable and energy efficient. This funding is in addition to the incentive amounts listed above.

New York Home Energy Rebates

Opinion No. 96-12: Systems Benefit Charge

The New York Public Service Commission established the Systems Benefit Charge in its Opinion No. 96-12, issued on May 20, 1996. The SBC was designed to fund, during the transition to full electric retail competition and possibly thereafter, certain public policy initiatives not expected to be adequately addressed by competitive electric markets.

SB S1509C

Establishes the creation of a Central Business District Tolling Program in New York City to ensure a safe and efficient mass transit system and to protect the public health and safety of its residents.