Raya Salter, executive director of the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, has been appointed to the New York State Permanent Environmental Justice Advisory Council, a statewide body charged with advancing environmental justice policy, the organization announced.

Salter was appointed by Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, according to the center, which thanked Stewart-Cousins for the appointment. The center described the council as a key statewide body created to help ensure that environmental justice is meaningfully integrated across state decision-making.