The Greener NYC initiative saw a $510,000 increase in the Fiscal Year 2019 budget, giving each Council Member $70,000 for sustainability projects, green job training, and environmental education. Constantinides was joined at the Urban Upbound office at the Astoria Houses that day by Bishop Mitchell Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Urban Upbound, and the groups he supports: the Alley Pond Environmental Center, Global Kids, Serious Fun After School, NY Sun Works, and BioBus.

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