Testimony submitted before The Honorable Liz Krueger, Chair, Senate Finance Committee and The Honorable J. Gary Pretlow, Chair, Assembly Ways and Means Committee, by The Honorable Merton Simpson, Albany County Legislator, and Ruth Foster, Co-Chairs of the Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy (SHARE), January 26, 2026.
SHARE calls on the legislature to address the decades of pollution the state has caused to the Sheridan Hollow environmental justice community and to include the Renewable Capitol Act in the final Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget along with a $150 million appropriation to begin the transition to geothermal at the Capitol building and Empire State Plaza. SHARE also requests $50 million to build a district geothermal project to benefit the residents of the Sheridan Hollow neighborhood. New York must commit to meeting its climate goals with urgent and bold action which includes adequate funding to help New Yorkers transition off fossil fuels. Anything less will doom the next generation to an uncertain future.
The full testimony is here.