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Design + Architecture

Simple Yet Powerful Steps To Turn Your Apartment Eco-Friendly

Sponsored By Ecoflow |April 17, 2025 - 9:07PM

Solar power also reduces strain on the city's electric grid.

The Search

Why your rental building's solar panels may not lower your apartment's electric bills

By Celia Young |March 19, 2025 - 12:30PM

City Council member Carmen de La Rosa at a rally Thursday against the “landlord loophole”

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Late filing fees for Local Law 97 reports are 'punitive,' condo and co-op coalition says

… homeowners and punitive It claimed that problems with the DOBs portal rollout make filing the required documents and doing … says it represents 300000 coop and condo households across NYC contend the requirement that executed contracts be in …

By Jennifer White Karp |February 17, 2025 - 9:30AM

A rendering of the eight-story building in Edgemere, Queens

Affordable Housing

Housing lottery opens for 146 rent-stabilized apartments in Edgemere

By Celia Young |October 29, 2024 - 9:30AM

Products + Services

All the dirt on NYC's compost collection program

By Jennifer White Karp |October 4, 2024 - 10:15AM

Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi announces the GreenHOUSE fund to a small crowd of reporters and advocates on Thursday, Sept. 26th.

Renovation

New NYC fund will help pay for upgrades to reduce carbon emissions at affordable housing

By Celia Young |September 27, 2024 - 10:30AM

Live

Listen to me and my worm-pals: Composting is easier if you do it yourself

By Jennifer White Karp |October 4, 2023 - 5:30PM

View of heating system with dials and pipes in basement of a building

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How do we show our building has made a 'good faith effort' to comply with Local Law 97?

… good faith effort to comply with emission cuts required by Local Law 97 can get reduced penalties when fines for … about lighting upgrades for the building which under Local Law 88 must meet current energy conservation standards … so these requirements will change for 2030 and beyond The Local Law 97 rules and requirements are an evolving thing …

By Emily Myers |September 25, 2023 - 9:30AM