Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, has vowed to strictly enforce the measure, Local Law 97, which calls for potentially expensive upgrades to buildings to curb greenhouse emissions.

New York Climate Week has become an enormous happening, so popular that Los Angeles launched its own Climate Week earlier this month. London has hosted Climate Action Week since 2019.

Zohran Mamdani urges urgent infrastructure upgrades for New York City following flash floods and heavy rains that disrupted transport.

I’ve long warned that New York’s aggressive push for electrification under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act prioritizes green ideology over energy security and affordability. The ...

The author writes "Numerous lawsuits have been brought in the federal and state courts in New York concerning climate change. Some were under two important state statutes on the subject – the ...

Enacted in 2019, the Climate Act requires New York to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050 from 1990 levels, thereby reaching net zero emissions. 2019 N.Y ...

In recent debates, however, climate change has been overshadowed by New York’s affordability and quality of life. This, activists say, elides the scale of the problems the city faces.

The bill New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed into law on Thursday would allow the state to fine the biggest greenhouse gas emitters a total of $75 billion, to be paid over 25 years into a fund ...

At the state level, New York’s 2019 Climate Act requires New York to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050 from 1990 levels.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act on Thursday. The law would address climate change by imposing a huge tax on fossil fuel companies—they will collectively owe an ...

New York Will Now Tax America for Climate Change. Its new extraterritorial levy will hit workers across the U.S. for fossil-fuel production. By . The Editorial Board. Share. Resize. Listen ...

I recently read a piece by Paul Krugman, former New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winner in economics, on the state of New York City. Krugman is not known for his writing on urban problems, but ...