The Fossil Fuel Investments Driving Up ConEd Energy Bills
New York is building renewables — but it doesn’t have a plan to shut down the plants they’re supposed to replace.
Tag: New York City
Will Eric Adams Let Landlords Buy Their Way Out Of Energy Upgrades?
New York Focus, June 27, 2022 Recent transmission projects could enable building owners to get out of upgrading their buildings for a decade, if Adams doesn’t intervene. In 2019, New York City passed a landmark climate law, hailed as the most ambitious to be enacted by any U.S. city. Its centerpiece took aim at buildings, … Continue reading Will Eric Adams Let Landlords Buy Their Way Out Of Energy Upgrades?
Hochul’s Proposed 421-A Replacement Is In For a Fight, Key Lawmakers Signal
“By April 1, it will be out or modified. It will not be this program,” one legislator predicted.
NYC Could Ban Gas in New Buildings This Year
New York Focus, November 18, 2021 The fight heated up at a hearing Wednesday, with debate centered on when, not if, a gas ban should go into effect. It wouldn’t be the first, but it would be by far the biggest. Yesterday afternoon, the New York City Council’s Committee on Environmental Protection held a marathon … Continue reading NYC Could Ban Gas in New Buildings This Year
Inside New York’s Messy Push to Clean Up Concrete
New York Focus, September 9, 2021 If concrete production were a country, it would be the world’s third largest carbon emitter. New York legislators want to clean it up. Published in partnership with Next City. For climate activists, New York’s 2021 legislative session was a bitter disappointment. Democrats failed to pass any major new climate laws, … Continue reading Inside New York’s Messy Push to Clean Up Concrete
How a Tenant Revolt Sank NYCHA’s Biggest Overhaul Plan in Years
New York Focus, June 4, 2021 With a week left in the legislative session, New York lawmakers shelved a plan that aimed to revamp 25,000 NYCHA apartments. Published in partnership with Gotham Gazette. On May 21, with just ten working days to go in this year’s session, New York lawmakers added a major item to … Continue reading How a Tenant Revolt Sank NYCHA’s Biggest Overhaul Plan in Years
Will Rental Vouchers to Prevent Homelessness Make the State Budget?
New York Focus, March 29, 2021 The legislature is pushing for a statewide rental assistance program that advocates say would be one the largest efforts to combat homelessness in recent memory. After more than five years living in New York City’s homeless shelter system, Milton Perez has one goal: “to get the hell out.” The … Continue reading Will Rental Vouchers to Prevent Homelessness Make the State Budget?
Top state lawmakers oppose Cuomo’s push to override NYC’s landmark climate law
New York Focus, February 18, 2021 A new analysis finds that the governor’s proposal would “completely undermine” New York City’s climate law, setting the stage for a clash with the newly emboldened legislature. It’s just two paragraphs, buried toward the end of the nearly 4,000 pages making up Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed state budget for … Continue reading Top state lawmakers oppose Cuomo’s push to override NYC’s landmark climate law
New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail could become a renewable energy hub
France 24, February 12, 2021 It’s long been one of the United States’ most infamous jails. Now Rikers Island looks set to become a renewable energy hub, a plan for which New York City environmental justice organizers have campaigned since the closure of the jail complex was announced in 2019. For many Americans, the name … Continue reading New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail could become a renewable energy hub
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