A lot has happened in 2024 in reference to Local Law 97 which will be so costly and unaffordable  for many outer borough middle class coops to implement (see below). This bill has 25 sponsors in the City Council. It needs one more City Council Member to sponsor it for it to have a chance to pass (There are 52 NYC Council Members so 26 would be half and is considered a majority). Right now I have over 300 signatures for this petition. I feel if I could get to 400 even 500 signatures this would increase the chances that one more CM would sponsor it.  So if you know anyone / share this on your social media page this might be one way of getting more signatures 

1) A new bill Intro 0772/2024 was recently sponsored by Council Member Linda Lee in Queens. This bill would allow the consideration of open and green spaces as part of a building’s gross floor area when calculating greenhouse gas emissions limits for garden apartments and buildings comprised of condominium and cooperative units and create civil penalty reductions for buildings comprised of condominium and cooperative units This bill would also allow courts and administrative tribunals to consider the median property value of residential buildings containing condominiums and co-ops as a mitigating factor in determining civil penalties for failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and would require that the Department of Buildings consider whether to grant an adjustment to a building’s emissions limit requirement based on that building’s prior installation of emissions-reducing technology such as solar panels, submetering, or oil to gas conversions.  

Thanks

Wendy