A plan to borrow $4.2 billion to help gird New York's waterways and other infrastructure against the worsening effects of climate change has picked up more support from labor. 

The New York State AFL-CIO this weekk officially endorsed the bond act, being put to voters this November. 

Supporters of the bond act, a long-gestating proposal first announced by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo but delayed amid the pandemic, have pointed to the jobs that could be created by the spending to bolster waterways and wetlands as well as municipal and wastewater infrastructure projects.

“As a union movement, we understand and fully support making environmental improvements that will preserve and protect our natural resources while promoting clean energy projects," said AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento. "But just as vital is the inclusion of unprecedented labor standards that will help create and maintain solid middle-class jobs.”

The endorsement came as the labor organization also announced a slate of congressional and state legislative endorsements ahead of Tuesday's state Senate and House of Representatives primaries.