The company marketing the technology is promising to save building owners from hefty fines under Local Law 97. But city officials say it doesn’t fit the current law.
Climate Change
Posted inGovernors Island
Stony Brook University to Spearhead Governors Island Climate Center
The SUNY school on Long Island will lead a partnership of academic institutions, nonprofits and community groups to come up with climate solutions.
Posted inClimate Change
Mayor Adams Releases Ambitious Plan to ‘Get Sustainability Done’ — Full Funding to Come
The wide-ranging agenda, known as PlaNYC, includes proposals for electric car chargers, free solar arrays, and help for New Yorkers living in flood zones.
Posted inNYCHA
89 NYCHA Buildings Earned an A for Energy Efficiency — and Even Authority Managers Didn’t Believe It
Last week, the Housing Authority pulled down data on its website after THE CITY found nearly every one of its 2,100 buildings really scored grades of D and F.
Posted inCity Comptroller
New York City Pensions to Divest Future Private Equity Holdings from Fossil Fuels
Comptroller Brad Lander is scrutinizing the climate impacts of private equity investments — a topic his counterpart in Albany has yet to address.
Posted inClimate Change
Final Map of ‘Climate Disadvantaged’ Communities Now Includes Blocks Previously Excluded — But Other Vulnerable Areas Left Out
A block in Hollis, Queens, where a family died during Hurricane Ida is now considered a state priority. But a similar block in Woodside isn’t on the final map.
Posted inVendors
Battery-Powered Food Carts Go for Test Drive on City Streets
The Street Vendor Project hopes rechargeable electric power supplies can improve air quality and reduce fossil fuel use.
Posted inClimate Change
Weeds in the Winter and Blooms in January — Climate Change Hits NYC’s Gardens and Parks
Warmer weather and other ecosystem shifts have the city’s gardeners and foresters staring at ‘existential questions in horticulture.’
Posted inEnvironment
Kelp Farming May Help Clean Polluted Waterways and Fight Climate Change
Though too toxic to eat, the seaweed in Newtown Creek, Gowanus Bay and the East River could suck up carbon and pollutants, bolstering marine ecosystems.
Posted inClimate Change
Some Flood Victims Could Get Fast Relief Under a New Pilot Program
Lower-income households could see as much as $15,000 in emergency cash assistance after an extreme deluge.