- Meetings will focus on the community air program initiative, an overview of the first quarter air monitoring results, and an update on establishing community advisory committees to engage with local stakeholders.
By: NYSDEC | January 17, 2023
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced four meetings to provide progress updates for communities participating in the 2022-23 Statewide Community Air Monitoring Initiative. Mobile air monitoring began in September 2022 in Brooklyn, Hempstead/New Cassel/Roosevelt/Uniondale/Westbury, Queens, and Syracuse. This first round of meetings will help DEC gather community input to target emission sources and future strategies to reduce air pollution in these communities, including the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
At the meetings, DEC staff will provide an overview of the initiative and present a preliminary overview of the first quarter of air monitoring results specific to each community. Information presented will include how and where the air monitoring is conducted on the street level and how DEC will compile and analyze the data to identify potential contributors of emissions for each pollutant being monitored. Preliminary data collection is now underway and results will be provided once additional information is compiled.
DEC will also provide an update on progress of establishing community advisory committees to engage with local stakeholders throughout this initiative. DEC will continue to hold regular meetings over the next year to update the community on the progress of the air monitoring and to provide a forum for input. Staff from DEC’s Division of Air Resources and the Office of Environmental Justice will be available to answer questions and respond to feedback.
A first round of meetings for Mount Vernon/Yonkers/New Rochelle and Rochester will be announced soon, and the second round of update meetings for the Bronx, Manhattan, Buffalo/Niagara Falls/Tonawanda area, and Capital Region are being scheduled for March. (Please note the following webex links all leave DEC’s website.)
Brooklyn
When: Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at 1 p.m.
Link to join meeting: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/j.php?MTID=m8ff0146f1f06c86ab05575a46f21183f
Meeting Number: 161 979 6832
Meeting Password: kiVYUZNp753
Call In Number to join by phone only: 518-549-0500
Hempstead/New Cassel/Roosevelt/Uniondale/Westbury
When: Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at 6 p.m.
Link to join meeting: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/j.php?MTID=mdb83c63ffd50ac5a5dad0fe500660f78
Meeting Number: 161 959 5990
Meeting Password: HempQuartUpdate1
Call In Number to join by phone only: 518-549-0500
Queens
When: Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at 6 p.m.
Link to join meeting: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/j.php?MTID=m4f1b423630615fb647a300900968234b
Meeting Number: 161 472 8134
Meeting Password: sG4Z3Dmyim4
Call In Number to join by phone only: 518-549-0500
Syracuse
When: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, at 6 p.m.
Link to join meeting: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/j.php?MTID=m76f0b46c5b9adaa999b56e421fe41297
Meeting Number: 161 986 4600
Meeting Password: air315
Call In Number to join by phone only: 518-549-0500
For more information about the Community Air Monitoring Initiative, visit DEC’s website.
