Adriano Espaillat actually said...

"it was a good start. I am not arguing that things could have not gotten better... we threw them under the bus."

"I recognize that in fact it was not fully--a fully strong document, but it was a good beginning."

"If we don't recognize climate change as a factor, then whatever you do is going to be flawed and inefficient."

"It is clear that climate change contributed to the storm's unprecedented impacts, and that future storms may be even worse."