The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has awarded $740,000 in grants to three Long Island municipalities to assist in addressing climate change.
The grants awarded to the Town of Brookhaven, the Town of East Hampton and the Village of Garden City were part of $22.7 million in Climate Smart Communities Grant awards for 43 projects to help municipalities take action to address climate change. This year’s funded projects reduce flood risk by retrofitting or relocating critical infrastructure, support decreasing transportation emissions through cycling and walkability projects, reduce emissions from food waste and landfills, and undertake engineering feasibility studies to advance future climate projects, among many other actions, according to a DEC statement.
On Long Island, Brookhaven was awarded $500,000 to acquire a parcel of land in East Patchogue for open space preservation and flood risk reduction…