Harckham is a Responsible Steward of the State’s Environment
This letter of support for state Sen. Peter Harckham speaks to his proven record of environmental advocacy, which might be the most important issue facing all of us, no matter our political orientation.
His accomplishments include co-sponsoring the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which puts New York into a national leadership position on multiple environmental fronts. He has supported policies that protect fragile drinking water supplies, freshwater wetlands and marsh ecosystems by improving water infrastructure and removing toxins from the environment. He has been a staunch advocate for clean air, resisting the reckless rollbacks of federal environmental laws from the Trump administration, forcefully fighting against the egregious environmental policies that this President and his cronies have sought to impose on each and every one of us.
Which brings us to his opponent in this race, Rob Astorino, who seems to proudly embrace the role of being a climate denier and rejects the science that points to the role of carbon emissions caused by human activities. Refusing to acknowledge the crisis at hand, and in fact, being willing to continue to cause further damage to people and planet is more than enough to disqualify him from any political office. Suggesting that he might act otherwise in the future is undermined by his past actions; upon taking office as county executive, he disbanded Westchester’s Climate Change Task Force.
Pets Harckham’s record on climate change is strong and is reason enough to re-elect him to continue serving as our state senator.
Ira Rosh
Mount Kisco
