Fwd: Governor Hochul Vetoed the Critical Environmental Areas Bill - We Need to Meet to Strategize Next Steps

[Magali Regis]

FYI - Governor Hochul vetoed the bill. It's disappointing but as the saying goes 'La lucha continua'

It's not the Thanksgiving news we were hoping for ;-(

m.

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Subject:	Re: Governor Hochul Vetoed the Critical Environmental Areas Bill - We Need to Meet to Strategize Next Steps
Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:33:49 -0500
From:	Raymond Figueroa <rfiguer...@gmail.com>
To:	R <res...@gmail.com>
CC:	Haja216 <haj...@aol.com>, projectharmonycs <projecth...@aol.com>, Magali Regis <fleur...@mindspring.com>, Raymond Figueroa Jr. <rfig...@pratt.edu>, NYCCGC Board 2022 <nyccgc-board-of...@googlegroups.com>

Renee - I'm Cc'd the board.

Yes - Governor Hochul vetoed the CEA bill. 

In view of the fact that the bill was unanimously approved / passed by both the State Senate and the State Assembly, I already put a call in to the legislative head of the State Assembly - Speaker Carl Heastie - about securing a meeting in order to discuss if that numerical vote outcome can be leveraged and what would it take for the State legislature to vote to override the Governor's veto. I haven't heard back. I'm speculating - It's hard to reach people at the moment because of the holiday period. 

We - the board - need to meet in order to discuss what our organizing strategy and tactics should be. We cannot go down without a fight.

Respectfully,

Ray

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 1:51 PM R <res...@gmail.com> wrote:

Ray

Can you confirm the  veto as Nevin said 

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S629/amendment/A

Renee

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