Rebecca Redelmeier

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Rebecca Redelmeier is a journalist based in Brooklyn. She writes often about the environment, housing, and education.

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The Norlite hazardous waste-burning plant in Cohoes, New York, seen on October 1st, 2023. (Photo: Rebecca Redelmeier)

New Yorkers Voted to Put Environmental Rights in Their Constitution — but the Attorney General Is Fighting Back

Rebecca Redelmeier

Residents say a hazardous waste incinerator’s emissions violate their new constitutional right to a “healthful environment.”