Statements, Press Releases & Blogs

  • Lawmakers, Labor, Advocates Call for $200 Million Investment in Thermal Energy Networks in State Budget

    Press release — March 26

  • 2025 Lead by Example Budget Request

    Fact sheet — March 15, 2025

  • Statement From Upgrade NY Collaboration in Response to Legislative One-House Budget Bills

    Statement — March 13, 2025

  • Upgrade Letter Requesting Funding for Thermal Energy Networks in the State Budget

    Statement — February 20, 2025

  • Statement from UpgradeNY on Bond Act Funding for SUNY and CUNY Campuses

    Statement - February 13

  • Statement From Upgrade NY Coalition in Response to Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget

    Statement - January 23, 2025

  • UpgradeNY Applauds the New York Public Service Commission for Adopting Initial Utility Thermal Energy Network Rules

    Statement - July 24th, 2024

  • UpgradeNY Responds to NY State Fiscal Year 2025 Budget

    Statement - April 22, 2024

  • Nine Utility Thermal Energy Network Pilot Projects Advance, Moving New York Closer To Neighborhood-Scale Clean Heat And Cooling

    Statement - April 10th

  • UpgradeNY Responds to State Senate and Assembly’s One-House Budgets

    Statement - March 18, 2024

  • UpgradeNY Calls For New York To Decarbonize State-Owned Campuses In State Budget

    Statement - March 7, 2024

  • New York Must Lead By Example to Decarbonize State Owned Campuses & Facilities 

    Blog - February 22, 2023

  • UpgradeNY Calls for the New York Public Service Commission to Advance Utility Thermal Energy Network Project Proposals

    Statement - December 21, 2023

  • UpgradeNY collaboration responds to PSC order

    Press Release - September 18, 2023

  • UpgradeNY Letter To Legislators Regarding the 2023 Executive Budget

    Statement - February 14, 2023

  • Statement from the UpgradeNY Collaboration on the New York State’s Budget’s Efforts to Decarbonize State Buildings and Create Union Jobs

    Statement - January 13, 2023

  • New York Unions Partner with Environmental Justice, Climate Organizations in New Collaboration Seeking to Decarbonize State-Owned Buildings

    Press Release - January 13, 2023