Adriano Espaillat actually said...

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

"How could you reconcile the administration's inability to recognize climate change as a contributing factor of these superstorms that impact infrastructure?"

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

"To some degree the administration drives this train. And if they are unwilling to recognize climate change..."