The Bloomberg-backed climate law operation at New York University may have shut down, but its personnel and playbook didn’t go far.

NYU’s State Energy and Environmental Impact Center went dark on August 31 after nearly a decade of supporting state attorneys general on climate and environmental matters, including through its controversial program of privately funding lawyers who served as special assistant attorneys general (SAAG).

Since its founding nearly a decade ago, the Michael Bloomberg-funded center attracted intense scrutiny for leveraging private funds to support government-backed investigations and litigation. House Oversight Chairman James Comer, whose committee opened an investigation into the center in July 2025, said he was “glad to see” it go.

But while SEEIC disappeared, its team did not.

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