New York's outgoing climate tsar hopes Biden can help save city from sea rise

Daniel Zarrilli is leaving New York's top climate post after eight years and says more needs to be done to tackle fossil fuels

Following an eight-year tenure as New York City's climate tsar, a tumultuous period when the city faced Superstorm Sandy and charged headlong into a legal battle with fossil fuel companies, Daniel Zarrilli is departing his position.

A long-term city employee and ally of Mayor Bill de Blasio, Zarrilli said it was the right time to move on and hand over the reins" by resigning as New York City's top climate adviser and moving on to an unspecified role that will also work on the climate crisis.