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Clean Water Jobs Coalition

A truly unique coalition of conservationists, construction contracting firms, and organized labor banded together in the early 1990s to advocate for pollution control, cleaner water, and living-wage jobs for New Yorkers. United under the banner of The Clean Water Jobs Coalition, Audubon New York, the  nearly 50,000 member state program of the National Audubon Society, joined with the Construction Industry Council of Westchester & Hudson Valley, Inc., and its 600 member companies, and the New York State Laborers, convened more than 20 years ago to fight for the recovery of Long Island Sound.   Due to the collective efforts of this exceptional coalition, we have been able to secure passage of the Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Acts by Congress, and have successfully secured hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for vital upgrades to our downstate infrastructure. 

Sound Guardian Award

The Clean Water Jobs Coalition gives out the Long Island Sound Guardian Awards annually to an outstanding public official and business leader whose actions have made a difference in the protection, restoration, and stewardship of Long Island Sound and its ecosystem.   The award recipients have also demonstrated leadership in bringing together environmental, labor, and business interests for the restoration of Long Island Sound, recognizing that these efforts benefit both the environmental and economic condition of the region.

2014 Sound Guardian Award

Congressman Peter King, Representative for New York's 2nd Congressional District 

Kevin S. Corbett, Vice President, Strategic Development, AECOM

Event Information

Date:                April 10, 2014 – 5:30-7:30PM

Location:          The Water Club

                        500 East 30th Street at FDR Drive, New York City

All proceeds benefit Audubon New York.

Previous Long Island Sound Guardian Recipients:

2013 - New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli & General President of the IUOE James T. Callahan 

2012 - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, NYS DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens, NYC DEP Commissioner Carter Strickland & Skanksa USA Civil Northeast, Inc.

2011 - EFC President Matthew Driscoll, NYC DEP Commissioner Caswell Holloway, & Carl E. Petrillo

2010 - Commissioner Pete Grannis & Ross J. Pepe

2009 - Congressman Tim Bishop & Executive Director Port Authority of NY & NJ, Christopher O. Ward 

2008 - Congressman Maurice Hinchey & David J. Miller

2006 - Congressman Steve Israel & Francis X. McArdle

2005 - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton & Ben Ciccone

2004 - NYS DEC Commissioner Erin Crotty & Congressman James T. Walsh

2002 - Senator Charles E. Schumer

2001 - Congressman Sherwood Boehlert & NYS LECET

2000 - Congresswoman Nita Lowey & Congressman Christopher Shays

1999 - Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano

1998  - Governor George E. Pataki 

Downloadable Resources

2013_honorees.pdf 2013_honorees.pdf