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Solar power is more affordable and accessible in New York than ever before! Join non-profit Solar One for free online workshops about solar for New York City buildings and residents. Workshop attendees will learn about solar technology, costs, incentives, financing options and more. Workshops will include informative slides, live solar design demonstrations, and Q&A with solar experts and other New Yorkers who installed solar on their building. Register for one or more workshops using the links below, and we hope to see you there!

Solar for New Yorkers
Target audience: all New Yorkers!

Join this introductory workshop for an overview of solar technology, business models, and how to save money with solar at your home or business. Did you know that solar isn’t just for homeowners anymore? Community shared solar allows renters to participate in local solar projects too, saving money and protecting the environment.

Option 1: Thursday, May 7th, 6:00-7:00 PM – Register
Option 2: Friday, May 8, 12:00-1:00 PM – Register

Solar for NYC Co-ops and Condos
Target audience: co-op and condo shareholders/owners, board members, and property
managers

Installing solar on your co-op or condo building can reduce your building’s electricity costs and provide significant tax benefits for the building and residents. Join this workshop for an overview of solar technology, costs, incentives and considerations specifically for NYC co-ops and condos. Learn how your peers are installing solar, what challenges they encountered along the way, and how you can get a free solar feasibility assessment for your building. Workshops will include Q&A with solar experts and board members from co-ops that have already installed solar.

Option 1: Monday, May 11, 6:00-7:15 PM – Register
Option 2: Tuesday, May 12, 12:00-1:15 PM – Register

Solar for HDFC Co-ops
Target audience: HDFC co-op shareholders, board members, and property managers

Join the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) and Solar One for a workshop all about how your HDFC and individual shareholders can save money on your electricity bills. In addition to an in-depth presentation about solar technology, costs, incentives and how more than 25 HDFCs have gone solar through the Co-ops Go Solar campaign, this workshop will provide participants with important information about New York’s temporary moratorium on utility shut offs due to Covid-19, Con Edison’s bill discount program for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers, and opportunities to reduce electric bills in your apartment including efficiency and community solar.

Option 1:Thursday, May 14, 6:00-7:15 PM – Register
Option 2: Tuesday, May 19, 12:00-1:15 PM – Register

Solar for Multifamily Rental Properties
Target audience: landlords, asset managers, and other real estate professionals

Join this workshop to learn how solar can be a powerful tool to reliably increase net operating income for your NYC apartment building(s). In addition to reducing your properties’ common area electricity expenses and/or generating income, solar can reduce your tax bills with generous federal, state and local tax incentives. Join this workshop for an overview of solar technology, costs, incentives, financing options, and optimization strategies to get the most from your rooftops while mitigating risk of forthcoming regulations on building carbon emissions.

Option 1: Thursday, May 21, 9:00-10:00 AM – Register
Option 2: Friday, May 22, 10:00-11:00 AM – Register

Solar for Property Managers
Target audience: NYC property management professionals

Now is a great time for property managers to increase their knowledge about solar energy, and to consider how they can present solar to clients, adding value at a time when everyone is focused on reducing expenses. Join this workshop to learn about solar technology, costs, incentives, the installation process, and O&M. In addition to solar 101, this workshop will cover what property managers need to know to manage a successful solar project from contractor selection through commissioning.

Wednesday, May 27, 9:00-10:30 AM – Register

Dear Sane Energy Family,

We have generated 548 comments so far with fact-based evidence that the Public Service Commission can use to deny National Grid their request for a rate hike from our pockets so they can build more climate-crisis-causing infrastructure.

Can we double this number today with Comment Four?

National Grid must Retire Not Replace leaky pipelines, and comply with our climate law to reduce emissions. It make no sense to keep building pipelines that will leak again.

We know that the only option is to replace fossil fuels with energy efficiency and renewables. It’s not only cleaner, but it’s cheaper, and it’s also our law.

Please make a comment today to help us build the record that we, the people, oppose more investment with OUR MONEY into the climate crisis.

We will never stop organizing until everyone is safe, healthy, and can live a life of dignity.

With love,

All of us at Sane Energy!

We are in the midst of a global health crisis. The economy is currently collapsing, and we have already seen widespread job loss and trauma for many people that will continue to grow. There is no time to sit and wait. Climate solutions will create direct opportunities for coming out of an economic collapse, but only if there is large-scale, coordinated citywide action rooted in equity. If we get this right today, we can create a forward-looking plan that addresses how our communities, especially frontline communities, can recover from an unprecedented economic crisis and thrive in a post-COVID city by building a just and resilient New York.

Join us TODAY, April 21st at 3 PM EST for a digital forum to fight for a green economy that works for all New Yorkers.

Read the full platform

In a time of great uncertainty, this much is clear: WE NEED GOOD JOBS. We need to move on a plan to create good jobs as soon as the economy can reopen safely, and that proactive plan can be adopted now. Our movement is coming together – labor unions, community organizations, environmental justice groups, and elected officials – to collectively call for immediate funds from the federal government to help us rebuild as a city. Austerity does not bring prosperity or justice or solutions to climate change. Another world is possible when we come out the other side.

There is no time to sit and wait. Stand with us for a New York City Climate and Community stimulus plan TODAY, APRIL 21st, 3:00PM EST

We want to hear your story. If you have lost your job and are currently unemployed and would like to speak at the digital forum about your experience, please email .

In Solidarity,
Maritza Silva-Farrell
Executive Director
ALIGN NY

Time is running out to win climate, jobs, and justice in this year’s New York State budget. 

We need to act now. 

Sign up to visit Senator Pete Harckham’s Peekskill office on February 28th at 2 p.m. to request climate, jobs, and justice in this year’s budget! We will meet at 1:30 p.m. at Dunkin’ Donuts, Crossroads Shopping Center, 1101-09 Main Street, Peekskill, NY, 10566. Parking instructions will be emailed to you after you sign up. 

February 28th is the last time our legislators and/or their critical legislative teams will be in their district offices before they submit their budgets for final negotiations. We need to make sure they hear from us about how critical it is to include climate justice funding in this year’s budget. 

FOR EXAMPLE — We’re asking for at least $1 billion now, and at least $7 billion per year by passing the Climate and Community Investment Act. What’s this?

The Climate and Community Investment Act will make polluters pay for the toxic pollutants and greenhouse gases they emit into our air. It would raise $7-$10 billion per year that would be invested directly into our communities. This money would fund: 

• Green jobs and infrastructure: Building utility-scale wind turbines and solar panels, making our buildings more efficient, updating our electric grid, expanding public transit upstate, and more

• Community Just Transition Fund: Direct grants to community orgs to support community-led energy planning, reduce local emissions, and increase resiliency. 75% of funds go to marginalized communities.

• NY Energy Rebate Fund: Direct assistance to low and moderate income families to reduce the burden of energy costs. Families are automatically opted in.

Impacted Worker Fund: Cash and job training to impacted workers, funds to replace lost tax revenue for municipalities and school districts, expanding economic development programs.

Join us to tell Senator Harckham on February 28th: we can’t wait — fund climate justice now! 

We will make sure you’re prepared and trained with materials, talking points, signs, and leave behinds. Meet at 1: 30 p.m. at Dunkin’ Donuts, Crossroads Shopping Center, 1101-09 Main Street, Peekskill, NY, 10566, parking instructions will be mailed to after you sign up. 

Senator Pete Harckham stood with us last spring when the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act was passed. Let’s make sure he does it again, and funds climate justice in this year’s budget and beyond. 

In solidarity, 

Lobby Lead for NY Renews