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cjel-12632	Jones, Jack	Defending Race-Conscious Policy: New York State’s Criteria for Identifying Disadvantaged Communities	2024	54	.pdf	application/pdf	22468	1136	54	Actions undertaken by New York state to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions should prioritize the safety and health of disadvantaged communities, control potential regressive impacts of future climate change mitiga- tion and adaptation policies on these communities, and prioritize the allocation of public investments in these areas.20 Accordingly, the CLCPA makes a number of commitments to “dis- advantaged communities,” including directing DEC to “[p]rioritize measures to maximize net reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and co-pollutants in disadvantaged communities . . . th[e] result [of] the in- dependent action of some third party not before the court”; and 3) that it is “likely,” rather than “speculative,” that the injury will be re- dressed if the court decides for the plaintiff.190 In order to challenge an administrative action in New York state courts, plaintiffs must satisfy a two-part test: they must show 1) injury in fact, meaning that the “plaintiff will actually be harmed by the challenged administra- tive action”; and 2) the injury “must fall within the zone of interests or concerns sought to be promoted or protected by the statutory provision under which the agency has acted.	cache/cjel-12632.pdf	txt/cjel-12632.txt