Climate Smart Community

The Town of Yorktown is a designated Climate Smart Community and on July 8, 2022 was awarded the bronze-level certification by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 

Climate Smart Communities (CSC) is a New York State program that helps local governments take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. The program offers free technical assistance, grants, and rebates for electric vehicles.

Registered communities have made a commitment to act by passing the CSC pledge. Certified communities are the foremost leaders in the state; they have gone beyond the CSC pledge by completing and documenting a suite of actions that mitigate and adapt to climate change at the local level.

Yorktown's CSC efforts are led by the Climate Smart Communities Task Force and Town staff.