Peralta Top "Green" Lawmaker

Queens Gazette

October 13, 2010

In the only scorecard that grades lawmakers on their environmental votes, the EPL/Environmental Advocates crowned state Senator Jose Peralta (D–Corona) with the top senate score. Other Queens Democrats in the senate to earn high scores were Shirley Huntley (D–Jamaica) and Toby Ann Stavisky (D–Whitestone). Republican Padavan received a low grade of 66 for this year.

Assemblymembers from Queens who got 90 grades were Grace Meng, Audrey Pheffer, David Weprin, Rory Lancman, Nettie Mayersohn, Andrew Hevesi, Margaret Markey, Barbara Clark, Jeff Aubry and Catherine Nolan, while Michael Gianaris and Michael DenDekker each got 89 and Michael Miller got an 84.

On average, Republican lawmakers scored lower than their Democratic colleagues, EPL/Environmental Advocates officials said.

The “SuperBills” that were the group’s priorities were electronic waste recycling, the Global Warning Pollution Control Act and the Environmental Access to Justice Act, which would restore New Yorkers’ right to enforce environmental review laws.