 I'm a senior in high school just outside of Rochester, New York, and I'm speaking to you while in quarantine. Dear New York State legislators, it is time to sponsor the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act. Because it will save you lots and lots of money. The fossil fuel industry for the last decade has been a way to lose money, and New York State has lost a lot already. I'm a mother and a grandmother and a retiree from the state of New York. I'm a proud union member, and we don't want to see our hard-earned pension money go to investments in fossil fuels. If New York State's plan is to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, why is the retirement fund betting against us? My name is Elena, and I'm a high school student in New York City. I'm currently in quarantine in my apartment in Brooklyn, and I'm filming this to remind you that it is time to invest in a green future that all of us can live with. It is time for you to step up and be the climate leaders that we all need you to be. It's time to stop financing the world's destruction by investing in the world's biggest polluters. It is time for us to start risking our pensions by investing in a fossil fuel industry that has cost this pension fund billions of dollars. It's time to act for frontline communities like mine who have been devastated by climate disasters like Hurricane Sandy because of investments in oil and gas. It is time to stop putting the future of my generation and generations to come at risk. It's time to invest in a safe and livable future for people across the Empire State. It's time to be the climate leaders that we desperately need you to be. Thank you.