Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and other trustees of the City’s $189 Billion (USD) pension funds today announced a goal to divest City funds from fossil fuels within five years. New York is  the first major US pension plan to do so. It’s a huge win for the global divestment movement, and the result of year’s of #DivestNY organizing by DivestInvest and dozens of local partners.

Listen to our own Clara Vondrich describe the historic divestment decision on local radio:

Or read more background from NY1: Mayor, Comptroller, Trustees Announce First-In-The-Nation Goal to Divest From Fossil Fuels

The Mayor and Comptroller will submit a joint resolution to pension fund trustees to begin analyzing ways to divest from fossil fuel owners in a responsible way that is fully consistent with fiduciary obligations. In total, the City’s five pension funds hold roughly $5 billion in the securities of over 190 fossil fuel companies. The City’s move is among the most significant divestment efforts in the world to date.