This city has the highest homeless population in the Country
New York City
New York City has a homeless population of over 88,000. It leads ahead of Los Angeles (71,000) and Seattle (14,000).
The "MTA" stands for this
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Which Department is responsible for the health of New Yorkers
The New York Health Department
This is what the acronym SUNY and CUNY stand for
State University of New York and City University of New York
This term starting with f is the process of offshore drilling, which was banned in New York in 2017
What is Fracking?
NYPIRG is trying to pass this legislation to help the hunger crisis on college campuses
The Hunger Free Campus Act
This NYPIRG Initiative is trying to connect Staten Island and New Jersey via direct bus routes
The Island to Shore Initiative
NYPIRG has a call center that helps New Yorkers navigate ________
Small Claims Court
NYPIRG is working to pass this legislation that will make SUNY and CUNY free, as well as a more robust budget
The New Deal for CUNY
NYPIRG is trying to bring this legislation in Albany to make cooperate polluters pay for their large scale carbon pollution
What is the Climate Change Superfund Act
The New York State Government mandated that all SUNY and CUNY campuses have one of these to alleviate student hunger
Food pantries
This New York program would have paid for it's entire capital budget, before it was cancelled
Congestion Pricing
This is one of New York's Senators (National not State)
Chuck Schumer or Kirsten Gillibrand
This is the name of the College Professors Union
The PSC (Professional Staff Congress)
New York Rank's _____ on States that Pollute the most nationally
6th
1 in _____ households face food insecurity in New York.
9
There are this many Subway Stops in NYC
472
How many Senators are in in the New York State Senate
63
What is the threshold for annual household income to receive TAP
$125,000
This landmark 1970 U.S. law established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and aimed to control air pollution on a national level.
The Clean Air Act
This Governor signed "No Student Goes Hungry" legislation
Andrew Cuomo
This Mayor brought the Fast "Midtown" Ferry to Staten Island
Mayor Bill De Blasio
This was the last mayor who was not registered to a party
Michael Bloomberg
Eric Adams graduated from this College with an Associates Degree
What is City College
This former New York Governor was the first to seriously attempt conservation efforts on a statewide level
Theodore Roosevelt