Brooklyn councilmembers graded greenest in city
Brooklyn members of the New York City Council are the greenest in the city, according to a study released March 8 by the nonpartisan group New York League of Conservation Voters.
The group’s annual City Council Environmental Scorecard grades councilmembers on their support of environmental issues, such as wind power, support for parks, sustainable transportation like shared bicycles and electric scooters, lead poisoning prevention and more.
This year, 21 members of the City Council received a perfect environmental score of 100, and nine of these were from the Brooklyn delegation. Brooklyn is also the most improved borough, the League says, with an average score of 94, compared to 87 last year.
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View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.