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The author's two-chamber composter.
Live
Take it from me: Collecting organic waste is easy if you compost it in your own backyard
By Jennifer White Karp |March 23, 2026 - 10:30AM
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”
Improve
Late filing fees for Local Law 97 reports are 'punitive,' condo and co-op coalition says
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
Women cooking uses compost bin
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
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?
By Emily Myers |September 25, 2023 - 9:30AM
A roof garden on a Bronx apartment building
Design + Architecture
How to get a tax abatement to create an energy-saving green roof for your brownstone or apartment building
By Celia Young |July 26, 2023 - 3:30PM
Row of Beautiful Old Brick Residential Buildings on the Lower East Side of New York City
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A third of NYC's multi-family buildings meet 2030 emission caps according to new data

… 97 will be encouraged to know a third of NYCs multifamily buildings meet 2030 limits according to new data from  Urban … buildings required to comply with Local Law 97 twothirds are multifamily buildings and the vast majority of these buildings70 percentare smaller lowrise apartment blocks More than half of them are prewar …

By Emily Myers |June 20, 2023 - 3:30PM