New York City bans natural gas in new buildings "New York City is now the largest city in the United States to phase fossil fuels out of new construction. The City Council on Wednesday approved legislation banning the use of natural gas in new buildings under seven stories tall starting in 2023 and in structures over seven stories in the middle of 2027. The legislation means new buildings in the city, with very few exceptions, will be all-electric." (6sqft)
Advocates: Change Zoning to Regulate ‘Last-Mile’ Trucking Facilities Flocking to Low-Income Communities "Currently, such facilities — where trucks drop off goods for sorting and loading onto other trucks or cars for distribution to other neighborhoods — don’t undergo environmental review because they are in manufacturing zones. And those zones are typically in low-income neighborhoods or communities of color with low land prices." (Streetsblog NYC)
Prospect Park Getting $40M In City Funding To Reimagine The Vale "The Prospect Park Alliance and Mayor Bill de Blasio are announcing today that the city will allocate $40 million in the city budget to Prospect Park. This is the largest single allocation of funding from the city in the park's history and will be used to make much-needed upgrades and restorations in its northeast corner, known as the Vale." (Gothamist)
Bolt move: MTA to build all-electric bus depot in Jamaica "The new facility will house upward of 60 electric buses when it opens and eight zero-emissions people movers will charge and be dispatched from the site during construction, according to New York City Transit interim President Craig Cipriano." (amNY)
‘Worst Landlord’ Watchlist Highlights Manhattan Investment Firm, With NYCHA Dishonorable Mention "The public advocate’s office annually ranks buildings’ managing agents based on their property holdings’ number of serious, unresolved housing code violations logged by city inspectors." (THE CITY)
