Honor Environmental Defense Fund

Senate Resolution No. 1686 BY: Senator COMRIE HONORING the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) upon the occasion of its designation as recipient of the Global Community Leadership Award by the National Urban Technology Center, Inc. on June 12, 2019 WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize that the quality and character of life in the communities across New York State are reflective of the concerned and dedicated efforts of those organizations which would devote themselves to the welfare of the community and its citizenry; and WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) upon the occasion of its designation as recipient of the Global Community Leadership Award by the National Urban Technology Center, Inc. to be celebrated at its 24th Annual Gala Awards Dinner on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at the Park Hyatt in New York, New York; and WHEREAS, The National Urban Technology was founded in 1995, by former IBM executive Pat Bransford to build innovative technology training programs and provide resources for academic and financial literacy skills in underserved communities; and WHEREAS, For over 24 years, this not-for-profit educational corporation has connected students and families, in underserved communities, to digital literacy, financial literacy, comprehensive health education and life skills which are critical to academic and career success; it has also built over 500 technology centers in disadvantaged communities across the country to provide access to jobs; and WHEREAS, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is a United States-based nonprofit environmental advocacy group known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health, and advocates using sound science, economics and law to find environmental solutions that work; it is nonpartisan, and its work often supports market-based solutions to environmental problems; and WHEREAS, EDF's headquarters are located in New York City, with offices across the United States, with scientists and policy specialists working worldwide; regional offices more focused on local issues and policies include Austin, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Boulder, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; Raleigh, North Carolina; Sacramento, California; San Francisco, California; Washington, D.C.; and WHEREAS, Since 1984, Fred Krupp has served as the President of EDF; in May of 2011, he was among a group of experts named by United States Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to a subcommittee of the Energy Advisory Board which was charged with making recommendations to improve the safety and environmental performance of natural gas hydraulic fracturing from shale formations; and WHEREAS, In 1991, EDF was called "America's most economically literate green campaigners" by The Economist, was ranked first among environmental groups in a 2007 Financial Times global study of 850 business-nonprofit partnerships, and received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator; and WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when organizations of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our attention, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to honor Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) upon the occasion of its designation as recipient of the Global Community Leadership Award by the National Urban Technology Center, Inc. on June 12, 2019; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).