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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Overview of air quality initiatives and New York City Community Air Survey
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Commissioner Aggarwala introduces the legislation related to reducing polluting trucks in low-income neighborhoods and highlights the partnership between the administration and the council. He then discusses the New York City Community Air Survey (NICAS) and its role in monitoring air quality.
- Intro 1130 authorizes an indirect source rule for warehouses
- NICAS uses 85 air quality monitors across the city to measure key indicators
- NICAS tracks five pollutants: PM2.5, black carbon, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and sulfur dioxide
- The data helps identify major emission sources and supports policy development
Rohit Aggarwala
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I'm pleased to have the opportunity to testify on legislation that relates to the delivery of one of our plan y c initiatives, to get polluting trucks off our streets, especially in low income neighborhoods that have become the epicenter of the boom in warehouse operations over the last decade.
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I'm also pleased that this is a great example of partnership between the administration and the council.
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The indirect source rule that would be authorized by Intra eleven thirty was a commitment made last May by First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres Springer in a letter to Speaker Adrian Adams as part of the City of Yes for Economic Opportunity.
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New York City has made tremendous progress improving air quality.
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We know this because we have one of the most robust air quality monitoring systems in the country, the New York City Community Air Survey, which has been managed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene since 02/2008.
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NICAS uses a network of 85 air quality monitors across the city to measure key air quality indicators, providing neighborhood specific data, tracking neighborhood level differences and changes over time in air quality within the five boroughs.
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NICAS generates estimates for five pollutants: fine particulate matter or PM2.5 black carbon nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide ozone and sulfur dioxide.
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This data allows us to identify the most impactful pollution contributors in each area, report annually on criteria pollutant levels and create publicly available data to support programs, policy development, community awareness and research.
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We know that the three major emission sources and by the way, this is a map of where the NICAS monitors currently are.
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We know from NICAS that the three major emission sources driving local air quality levels and differences by neighborhoods are commercial cooking, buildings and traffic.
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This information shows us which communities bear the greatest burden of air quality related health impacts and what interventions would be most impactful.
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The improvements in New York City's air quality have been driven largely by changes in vehicle and building fuels mandated by federal and local legislation.
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Over the past twenty
Jim Gennaro
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years Wait, wait, hang on.
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I just lost my place.
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You're okay.
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Sorry about that.
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Okay.
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Go ahead.
Rohit Aggarwala
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Thank you.