The undersigned organizations representing environmental interests in New York State urge Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the New York Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act.
This year, New York’s legislature (S.4859/A.5682) to prevent the state from procuring goods that were grown or harvested on cleared or degraded tropical land was introduced.
The New York Deforestation-Free Procurement Act, S.5921/A.6872 (Krueger/Zebrowski), if passed into law, will ensure that state and local government procurement does not drive tropical or boreal deforestation or forest degradation or associated abuses of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in these forested regions.
Fact sheet on NY Deforestation-Free Procurement Act in Spanish
Fact sheet on NY Deforestation-Free Procurement Act in Portuguese