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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Julia Corrado, Researcher and Policy Analyst at The Alliance for Greater New York (ALIGN)
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Julia Corrado from ALIGN strongly supports Intro 1130, which aims to regulate emissions from large warehouses and protect environmental justice communities. She suggests aligning the bill with similar state legislation and emphasizes the need to address both environmental and labor concerns in last-mile facilities.
- Recommends keeping the 50,000 square foot threshold for qualifying warehouses
- Urges the council to consider labor issues alongside environmental concerns
- Calls for strong enforcement and continued opportunities for public input during the environmental review process
Julia Corrado
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Thank you to the council for the opportunity to submit testimony today.
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My name is Julia Corrado.
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I'm the researcher and policy analyst at Align, the Alliance for Greater New York.
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Align strongly supports Intro eleven thirty.
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This bill would mitigate the pollution of environmental justice communities and enforce the emissions regulations necessary to maintain our climate goals and hold large corporations accountable.
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At the state level, a similar version of intro eleven thirty was introduced last session which contains expanded and specified language.
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We suggest intro eleven thirty follow the state bill in both its definitions and body language to ensure the maximum level of enforcement.
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Intro eleven thirty is aimed at regulating the harms of large corporations like Amazon and not small manufacturers.
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So we applaud the 50,000 square foot threshold for a qualifying warehouse and we encourage counsel to keep small manufacturers in mind as this bill is iterated upon.
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One cannot properly consider the environmental problems surrounding last mile warehouses without confronting the labor concerns within these facilities.
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Low wages, poor hours, impossible work quotas, unregulated subcontracting, more make working in last mile facilities dangerous.
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In fact, they have some of the highest rates of serious injury in the country.
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We strongly urge the council to address both the labor and environmental concerns hand in hand.
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If intro eleven thirty does not directly incorporate labor provisions in its language, then council should ensure additional legislation is pursued in conjunction to do so.
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Labor should be top of mind at every juncture of this policy making process.
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During the environmental review process this bill will trigger, there also must be continued opportunities for public input.
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We urge this committee and council to support the passage of intro 11:30 with the strongest possible language and enforcement and bring overdue reform to last mile facilities in New York.
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Thank you.