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A York County man will spend life in prison without parole after being convicted at trial of his third felony drug offense for $150 worth of cocaine. That’s the law in South Carolina, a judge said in court. The defendant said in court Thursday he could have pleaded guilty and been sentenced to eight years. But he rejected the plea offer and went to trial. A jury late Thursday found Ricky Dean Tate, 41, guilty of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, testimony showed in criminal court in York. Tate had spent 18 years in prison for other drug offenses before he was arrested again in 2018 soon after his prison release, testimony showed. Tate’s lawyers called the sentence an injustice. #Citizenactionny #Endmassincarceration https://www.instagram.com/p/B4thl0flFpe/?igshid=1xk5x9662nje9

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Time is running out to pass New York’s Community Climate Protection Act this session

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On Tuesday, hundreds of protesters stormed the halls of the New York State Capitol building in Albany, filling the lobby, the staircases, the space outside Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office. Their voices echoed off the stone walls. Several elected state representatives joined organizers to cheer on the gathered crowd: We agree. We’re on your side. Let’s pass this bill.

New York State’s climate policy is at a turning point. For the first time in three years, the Community Climate Protection Act, or CCPA, actually stands a real chance at becoming law. The comprehensive piece of climate reform, which has been around a lot longer than the much-discussed national Green New Deal resolution, has passed the Assembly three years in a row, but was repeatedly blocked by Republicans at the state Senate-level. But now, both state legislative bodies and the governor’s mansion are all controlled by Democrats.

The act is a broad spectrum environmental plan, similar to the Green New Deal in that it includes both environmental justice initiatives and economic goals. Among its many components, the bill aims to move the state’s economy to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, invest 40 percent of clean energy funds in disadvantaged communities, and provide higher wages for environmentally-friendly jobs.

The climate crisis will not wait‼️ 🗣#PASSTHECCPA @NYSenate @NYSA_Majority ‼️‼️ pic.twitter.com/681JLrHhsi

— Person Action of NY (@citizenactionny) June 11, 2019

There is significant assistance for the legislation, both in and beyond Albany: The state’s 2 U.S. senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (likewise a 2020 prospect) both back it. New York Congresswoman and progressive beloved Agent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who co-sponsored the nationwide Green New Offer, is on board. And a union of 170 ecological companies and labor unions in NY State have actually likewise backed the costs. With simply 6 days left in New York’s legal session — and with a wave of alarming, prominent clinical documents kicking the climate motion into overdrive — more than 400 protesters came down on Albany Tuesday requiring Guv Andrew Cuomo act on the CCPA this term.

On The Other Hand, Cuomo has actually appeared on 2 various radio programs and stated that he doesn’t think about passing the CCPA as a concern compared to other legislation still on the table this session.

“The climate modification [bill] they’re speaking about, which we’re working out with the legislature, really doesn’t do, in my viewpoint, any of the primary objectives or primary efforts,” Cuomo stated recently on WAMC Northeast Public Radio. “It talks about distribution of funding for environmental projects, how many should go to what they call ‘environmental justice,’ lower income communities, how much should go to other communities. And I believe we’ll pass the bill or we could pass the bill. But our climate change agenda is the most aggressive in the country and it has nothing to do with the bill that’s pending.”

To Arielle Swernoff, the interactions planner for New York Renews, a union of more than 150 advocacy groups that support the CCPA, Cuomo’s remarks separate him from lots of other members of his celebration. “That is confusing to us because we have majority support in the assembly, majority support in the Senate, 180 organizations across NY state, all ready to get this done,” she stated.

While’s Cuomo doesn’t appear to be gung ho on the CCPA, he is dealing with a climate service of his own. In January, he baked his own variation of a Green New Offer into the state’s budget strategy, which likewise has yet to be passed. His proposition shares some DNA with the CCPA, however the propositions for moving far from nonrenewable fuel sources are less enthusiastic. And while Cuomo’s proposition targets re-envision where the state gets its electrical energy, the CCPA is concentrated on New York State’s whole economy.

Another crucial distinction in between the CCPA and Cuomo’s spending plan proposition: The previous consists of a far-flung dedication to ecological justice. The strategy devotes 40 percent of its financial investment of tidy energy funds into disadvantaged neighborhoods, Swernoff kept in mind. “These communities have often suffered disproportionately from lapses in environmental care,” she stated, “so it is especially important they receive investments in renewable energy, good jobs, and training.”

According to a representative for the Guv, Cuomo sees the CCPA, as it is presently composed, as goal-focused, versus his own spending plan proposition strategy which concentrates on application.

“I’m not going to play politics with it and tell people we’ll have a carbon-free economy by tomorrow, because we won’t,” Cuomo stated on the Brian Lehrer reveal recently.

The Guv’s workplace decreased to talk about the continuous settlements surrounding the costs, and didn’t deal with concerns from Livescience.Tech about the 40 percent reinvestment in disadvantaged neighborhoods — a figure that organizers state has actually ended up being a particular point of contention.

Crowd of 50 New Yorkers obstructing @NYGovCuomo’s doors in Capitol + 400 advocates hear Gov Cuomo is in his workplace and goes wild, singing and chanting “Governor Cuomo come on out.” We require a real climate justice leader #PassTheCCPA pic.twitter.com/6ZpcHrcjpx

— NY Restores (@NYRenews) June 11, 2019

A couple of hours into their storming of the Capitol, protesters believed they heard Cuomo in his workplace and shouted for him to come out. Lots of individuals staged a “die-in” outside the glass doors. Ultimately, 6 state cannon fodders stationed themselves outside the workplace, separating it from individuals collected. (In an e-mail gotten by Livescience.Tech, the Dawn Motion, a youth-led climate action company, had actually sent out a call out ahead of the demonstration requesting the names of individuals on its subscriber list who were prepared to be apprehended.)

To Swernoff, the guv is sending out combined signals. “According to Gov Cuomo, the CCPA both does nothing and also is too ambitious to be feasible,” she stated.

“The truth is we must get our state off of fossil fuels, we must do it in a just and equitable way, and we must do it backed by the force of law,” she continued. “That’s what the CCPA does, and we need to get it done this year.”

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@slamalbany 's 2nd Annual She Be Reppin' Slam was off the chain 🔥🌟✨🔥now to prep for @citizenactionny 's Malcolm X roundtable & @beatshotmusic 's 9th Annual #JDillatribute this Friday 🌟✨��👏🏾 (at Lucas Confectionery)

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My favorite hand-painted #protestsign from today's #protest at @johnfasony 's #kingston office in #kingstonny #theresistance #resist #indivisible #citizenaction @citizenactionny #f217 #generalstrike #10actions100days (at Kingston, New York)