Step into an annual tradition where G-scale model trains zip around landmark replicas in the Haupt Conservatory, humming along a quarter-mile of track through a city in miniature. Real trains, real landmarks, real fun—only at NYBG!
This seminar features Leon G. Billings and Thomas C. Jorling, two senior staff members who led the Senate environment subcommittee which originated and developed major environmental legislation in the 1970s, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Superfund Act.
Learn about the process that led to these seminal laws from the writers of the legislation themselves!
With just about one year under his belt as Mayor, this forum will focus on some of Mayor De Blasio's policies and actions for the past year and what is on the horizon for Environmental Policy in the city.
Join for an interesting and lively discussion!