In my view, a reasonable mental stance is that unless proven otherwise through transparent reporting of convincing evidence audited by an independent third-party expert, all carbon offsets are bullshit.
NYC's LL97 has amazing potential to actually reduce pollution. Keep it strong.
NYC's LL97 has amazing potential to actually reduce pollution. Keep it strong.
New York City's large building owners will soon be able to buy credits instead of cutting emissions to comply with Local Law 97.
As a candidate, Zohran Mamdani said he'd limit that option, but he hasn't taken a position as mayor.
As a candidate, Zohran Mamdani said he'd limit that option, but he hasn't taken a position as mayor.
Could Hydropower Credits Undermine NYC’s Climate Law?
Mayor Mamdani is facing pressure to limit an avenue for large building owners to buy credits instead of cutting emissions.
nysfocus.com
July 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
In my view, a reasonable mental stance is that unless proven otherwise through transparent reporting of convincing evidence audited by an independent third-party expert, all carbon offsets are bullshit.
NYC's LL97 has amazing potential to actually reduce pollution. Keep it strong.
NYC's LL97 has amazing potential to actually reduce pollution. Keep it strong.
New York city’s Local Law 97 (LL97) which seeks to reduce #carbonemissions by 2030 ties directly into this. #ll97 #nyc
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January 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New York city’s Local Law 97 (LL97) which seeks to reduce #carbonemissions by 2030 ties directly into this. #ll97 #nyc
An interesting update on NYC's building decarb law AKA LL97: The dept of buildings has proposed allowing building owners to buy carbon offsets that pay for emissions reductions in affordable housing as an option for compliance www.urbangreencouncil.org/what-you-nee...
What you need to know about the 2024 LL97 proposed rules - Urban Green Council
On September 27, the NYC Department of Buildings launched a third major rulemaking for LL97. Here’s what you need to know.
www.urbangreencouncil.org
October 2, 2024 at 6:28 PM
An interesting update on NYC's building decarb law AKA LL97: The dept of buildings has proposed allowing building owners to buy carbon offsets that pay for emissions reductions in affordable housing as an option for compliance www.urbangreencouncil.org/what-you-nee...
Big 🥵 heatwave coming in NYC. Yes: climate change.
In related news, in 2021 Cuomo tried to override & gut NYC’s “Green New Deal” law, Local Law 97, which requires landlords to cut pollution.
Mamdani & Lander are strong LL97 supporters- and not paid for by the real estate lobby.
Vote for them!
In related news, in 2021 Cuomo tried to override & gut NYC’s “Green New Deal” law, Local Law 97, which requires landlords to cut pollution.
Mamdani & Lander are strong LL97 supporters- and not paid for by the real estate lobby.
Vote for them!
June 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Big 🥵 heatwave coming in NYC. Yes: climate change.
In related news, in 2021 Cuomo tried to override & gut NYC’s “Green New Deal” law, Local Law 97, which requires landlords to cut pollution.
Mamdani & Lander are strong LL97 supporters- and not paid for by the real estate lobby.
Vote for them!
In related news, in 2021 Cuomo tried to override & gut NYC’s “Green New Deal” law, Local Law 97, which requires landlords to cut pollution.
Mamdani & Lander are strong LL97 supporters- and not paid for by the real estate lobby.
Vote for them!
Today in Bed-Stuy, I stood with Brooklyn BP Antonio Reynoso, + @chiosse.bsky.social to announce my plan for homeowners:
🏠 Creating the Office of Deed Theft Prevention
🏠 Fixing the property tax system
🏠 Ending tax lien sales
🏠 Supporting first-time buyers
🏠 Helping owners comply w/ LL97
+ more
🏠 Creating the Office of Deed Theft Prevention
🏠 Fixing the property tax system
🏠 Ending tax lien sales
🏠 Supporting first-time buyers
🏠 Helping owners comply w/ LL97
+ more
May 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today in Bed-Stuy, I stood with Brooklyn BP Antonio Reynoso, + @chiosse.bsky.social to announce my plan for homeowners:
🏠 Creating the Office of Deed Theft Prevention
🏠 Fixing the property tax system
🏠 Ending tax lien sales
🏠 Supporting first-time buyers
🏠 Helping owners comply w/ LL97
+ more
🏠 Creating the Office of Deed Theft Prevention
🏠 Fixing the property tax system
🏠 Ending tax lien sales
🏠 Supporting first-time buyers
🏠 Helping owners comply w/ LL97
+ more
Happy last day of Climate Week New York 🌎
Learn more here: www.nyc.gov/assets/build...
#climateweek #ahrf #ll97 #nycdob
Learn more here: www.nyc.gov/assets/build...
#climateweek #ahrf #ll97 #nycdob
September 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Happy last day of Climate Week New York 🌎
Learn more here: www.nyc.gov/assets/build...
#climateweek #ahrf #ll97 #nycdob
Learn more here: www.nyc.gov/assets/build...
#climateweek #ahrf #ll97 #nycdob
🙄🙄🙄 here comes another attack on Local Law 97 by the NYC real estate lobby. They hate LL97 b/c it makes them clean up dirty, polluting buildings.
We’ll defeat this attack, too, like last year. Let’s keep moving ahead: lower utility bills, good jobs & less pollution via LL97!
We’ll defeat this attack, too, like last year. Let’s keep moving ahead: lower utility bills, good jobs & less pollution via LL97!
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
🙄🙄🙄 here comes another attack on Local Law 97 by the NYC real estate lobby. They hate LL97 b/c it makes them clean up dirty, polluting buildings.
We’ll defeat this attack, too, like last year. Let’s keep moving ahead: lower utility bills, good jobs & less pollution via LL97!
We’ll defeat this attack, too, like last year. Let’s keep moving ahead: lower utility bills, good jobs & less pollution via LL97!
To wrap up our LL97 Climate Week series, we look at energy types used by buildings in the first year of emissions reporting. The data shows that buildings that met their emissions limits relied heavily on electricity, underscoring the role of reducing fossil fuel usage in achieving LL97 compliance.
September 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
To wrap up our LL97 Climate Week series, we look at energy types used by buildings in the first year of emissions reporting. The data shows that buildings that met their emissions limits relied heavily on electricity, underscoring the role of reducing fossil fuel usage in achieving LL97 compliance.
👀 New York’s highest court upholds NYC’s landmark building emissions law, LL97, rejecting a challenge from building owners
The real estate lobby financed a bs Randy Mastro lawsuit to overturn NYC’s “Green New Deal” law, Local Law 97.
We won. They lost.😃
Thank you to NYC & NYS’s litigators & @Earthjustice @SabinCenter & amici.
IRL: Local Law 97 is delivering, with 92% of buildings complying 💪
We won. They lost.😃
Thank you to NYC & NYS’s litigators & @Earthjustice @SabinCenter & amici.
IRL: Local Law 97 is delivering, with 92% of buildings complying 💪
May 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
👀 New York’s highest court upholds NYC’s landmark building emissions law, LL97, rejecting a challenge from building owners
New York City: Local Law 97 forces big buildings to slash emissions, showing how dense cities can use building rules to cut climate pollution 🏙️⚡
LL97 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction - Buildings
www.nyc.gov
March 27, 2026 at 12:09 PM
New York City: Local Law 97 forces big buildings to slash emissions, showing how dense cities can use building rules to cut climate pollution 🏙️⚡
Reminder: the landlord lobby, nyc msm & right wing attack on Local Law 97 as unaffordable is trash. It’s like their attack on rent regulations.
LL97 is delivering:
✅ good jobs
✅ far less pollution
✅ lower utility bills
Net savings, often. 10 examples:
www.nycommunities.org/ll97-in-action
LL97 is delivering:
✅ good jobs
✅ far less pollution
✅ lower utility bills
Net savings, often. 10 examples:
www.nycommunities.org/ll97-in-action
New York City's Local Law 97 in Action: Buildings Upgrading to High Energy Efficiency — New York Communities for Change
www.nycommunities.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Reminder: the landlord lobby, nyc msm & right wing attack on Local Law 97 as unaffordable is trash. It’s like their attack on rent regulations.
LL97 is delivering:
✅ good jobs
✅ far less pollution
✅ lower utility bills
Net savings, often. 10 examples:
www.nycommunities.org/ll97-in-action
LL97 is delivering:
✅ good jobs
✅ far less pollution
✅ lower utility bills
Net savings, often. 10 examples:
www.nycommunities.org/ll97-in-action
New York City's Local Law 97 is one of the cooler policies around on climate (and energy affordability, especially for renters). Even cooler, LL97 has a good chance of surviving the real estate lobby's seemingly endless attacks, provided New Yorkers don't elect a creepy weirdo mayor in the general.
Nearly every day I hear about another large building upgrading to higher energy efficiency, spurred along by NYC Local Law 97 👏
✅ good jobs
✅ less pollution
✅ lower utility bills
Here’s a private school, upgrading. Our “Green New Deal” law 👍
www.facilitiesdive.com/news/the-acc...
✅ good jobs
✅ less pollution
✅ lower utility bills
Here’s a private school, upgrading. Our “Green New Deal” law 👍
www.facilitiesdive.com/news/the-acc...
The accidental facility manager: Robert Alemany
With a background in teaching and business, the private school facilities manager relies on people skills to meet his challenges — including making an old building efficient under NYC's Local Law 97.
www.facilitiesdive.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New York City's Local Law 97 is one of the cooler policies around on climate (and energy affordability, especially for renters). Even cooler, LL97 has a good chance of surviving the real estate lobby's seemingly endless attacks, provided New Yorkers don't elect a creepy weirdo mayor in the general.
Warning: the real estate lobby is on the attack against the world’s
premier city-level climate/jobs law, NYC’s Local Law 97.
LL97 requires large buildings to cut pollution via energy efficiency.
There’s a bill to gut it. Lmk if you want to help fight.
Bill memo:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
premier city-level climate/jobs law, NYC’s Local Law 97.
LL97 requires large buildings to cut pollution via energy efficiency.
There’s a bill to gut it. Lmk if you want to help fight.
Bill memo:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 13, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Warning: the real estate lobby is on the attack against the world’s
premier city-level climate/jobs law, NYC’s Local Law 97.
LL97 requires large buildings to cut pollution via energy efficiency.
There’s a bill to gut it. Lmk if you want to help fight.
Bill memo:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
premier city-level climate/jobs law, NYC’s Local Law 97.
LL97 requires large buildings to cut pollution via energy efficiency.
There’s a bill to gut it. Lmk if you want to help fight.
Bill memo:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Anywhere in the world:
- Structural live load.
- Heat removal.
In NYC:
- Power availability.
- Shitastic grid.
- LL97 (tbf this is gonna be a trainwreck no matter what)
- Genset venting and nearby tall buildings.
- li-ion UPS paranoia.
10 year ago data centers are cute little toys in comparison.
- Structural live load.
- Heat removal.
In NYC:
- Power availability.
- Shitastic grid.
- LL97 (tbf this is gonna be a trainwreck no matter what)
- Genset venting and nearby tall buildings.
- li-ion UPS paranoia.
10 year ago data centers are cute little toys in comparison.
June 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Anywhere in the world:
- Structural live load.
- Heat removal.
In NYC:
- Power availability.
- Shitastic grid.
- LL97 (tbf this is gonna be a trainwreck no matter what)
- Genset venting and nearby tall buildings.
- li-ion UPS paranoia.
10 year ago data centers are cute little toys in comparison.
- Structural live load.
- Heat removal.
In NYC:
- Power availability.
- Shitastic grid.
- LL97 (tbf this is gonna be a trainwreck no matter what)
- Genset venting and nearby tall buildings.
- li-ion UPS paranoia.
10 year ago data centers are cute little toys in comparison.
In the first year of emissions reporting, 95% of buildings subject ot LL97 filed and complied with emissions limits. This demonstrates major progress toward the city's building decarbonization goals!
September 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
In the first year of emissions reporting, 95% of buildings subject ot LL97 filed and complied with emissions limits. This demonstrates major progress toward the city's building decarbonization goals!
need a LL98 - it's like LL97, but also for richie-riches in townhouses
October 12, 2024 at 1:36 AM
need a LL98 - it's like LL97, but also for richie-riches in townhouses
@petesikora.bsky.social nails it in this article. Implementing #LL97 will save New Yorkers money while improving our health and safety. We’re looking forward to @mayor.nyc.gov delivering this legacy for NYC.
The real estate lobby has been working hard to weaken Local Law 97. @petesikora.bsky.social makes the case for why Mayor Mamdani should enforce Local Law 97 as designed, close loopholes, and keep the city on track for deeper emissions cuts.
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/mam...
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/mam...
Vital City | A Crucial Tool in the Fight Against Pollution
Despite the opposition of the real estate lobby, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani should fully implement and enforce Local Law 97.
www.vitalcitynyc.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
@petesikora.bsky.social nails it in this article. Implementing #LL97 will save New Yorkers money while improving our health and safety. We’re looking forward to @mayor.nyc.gov delivering this legacy for NYC.
NYC Climate Week is here! Each day this week, we will highlight the progress NYC is making toward decarbonization by sharing results from the first cycle of LL97 reporting. To start off, we're taking a look at the buildings subject to LL97 in year one.
September 21, 2026 at 5:34 PM
NYC Climate Week is here! Each day this week, we will highlight the progress NYC is making toward decarbonization by sharing results from the first cycle of LL97 reporting. To start off, we're taking a look at the buildings subject to LL97 in year one.
Especially compared to new FF infrastructure imposing costs on all ratepayers, LL97 makes the wasteful hogs pay or stop wasting. Call that short term pain if you want but it's clearly working already
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Especially compared to new FF infrastructure imposing costs on all ratepayers, LL97 makes the wasteful hogs pay or stop wasting. Call that short term pain if you want but it's clearly working already
Is your council member sponsoring a bill to weaken LL97? Here is the list. See 🧵 for a good memo on why to oppose this bill.
January 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Is your council member sponsoring a bill to weaken LL97? Here is the list. See 🧵 for a good memo on why to oppose this bill.
Would love to share this, but lack of any questions on LL97 and climate resiliency/ disaster preparedness is a bummer. Please add?
May 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Would love to share this, but lack of any questions on LL97 and climate resiliency/ disaster preparedness is a bummer. Please add?
Who’s got two thumbs and is very proud of the work the org they’re with did to pass Local Law 97?!?!
THIS GUY 😀
LL97 energy efficiency =>
✅ lower utility bills
✅ good jobs
✅ pollution reductions at the pace & scale needed by large NYC buildings to avoid global catastrophe!
THIS GUY 😀
LL97 energy efficiency =>
✅ lower utility bills
✅ good jobs
✅ pollution reductions at the pace & scale needed by large NYC buildings to avoid global catastrophe!
It’s cool walking past 2 Hanson Place, the Williamsburg bank building, having just read yesterday how it’s saving money and cutting pollution to comply with Local Law 97, which NYCC and yours truly have had a bit to do with 😀
January 24, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Who’s got two thumbs and is very proud of the work the org they’re with did to pass Local Law 97?!?!
THIS GUY 😀
LL97 energy efficiency =>
✅ lower utility bills
✅ good jobs
✅ pollution reductions at the pace & scale needed by large NYC buildings to avoid global catastrophe!
THIS GUY 😀
LL97 energy efficiency =>
✅ lower utility bills
✅ good jobs
✅ pollution reductions at the pace & scale needed by large NYC buildings to avoid global catastrophe!
🔥🥳🎉Another real-world success story for NYC Local Law 97: a co-op building that ditched an inefficient gas system for heat pumps.
The project payback via lower bills is just 5 years. The co-op’s now under LL97 pollution caps.
Jobs, less pollution & lower bills.🎉 www.habitatmag.com/Publication-...
The project payback via lower bills is just 5 years. The co-op’s now under LL97 pollution caps.
Jobs, less pollution & lower bills.🎉 www.habitatmag.com/Publication-...
Electrifying New York co-op buildings to reduce carbon emissions
525 E. 82nd St. co-op board upgrades heating and cooling system to reduce energy waste and carbon emissions, avoiding penalties.
www.habitatmag.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🔥🥳🎉Another real-world success story for NYC Local Law 97: a co-op building that ditched an inefficient gas system for heat pumps.
The project payback via lower bills is just 5 years. The co-op’s now under LL97 pollution caps.
Jobs, less pollution & lower bills.🎉 www.habitatmag.com/Publication-...
The project payback via lower bills is just 5 years. The co-op’s now under LL97 pollution caps.
Jobs, less pollution & lower bills.🎉 www.habitatmag.com/Publication-...
"Behold the Djinn's power"
This art was drawn by PaleGhosttt on Ko-fi, please check them out! ^^
Link: ko-fi.com/paleghosttt
#Commissionart #Art #LL97
This art was drawn by PaleGhosttt on Ko-fi, please check them out! ^^
Link: ko-fi.com/paleghosttt
#Commissionart #Art #LL97
March 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Behold the Djinn's power"
This art was drawn by PaleGhosttt on Ko-fi, please check them out! ^^
Link: ko-fi.com/paleghosttt
#Commissionart #Art #LL97
This art was drawn by PaleGhosttt on Ko-fi, please check them out! ^^
Link: ko-fi.com/paleghosttt
#Commissionart #Art #LL97
Year One Local Law 97 Results: Four key takeaways - Urban Green Council www.urbangreencouncil.org/year-one-loc...
-95% of properties filed their 2024 LL97 reports
-95% of those met their requirements – emissions limits or one-time upgrades
-Fewer than 1% used alternative compliance options
-95% of properties filed their 2024 LL97 reports
-95% of those met their requirements – emissions limits or one-time upgrades
-Fewer than 1% used alternative compliance options
Year One Local Law 97 Results: Four key takeaways - Urban Green Council
In a major win for building decarbonization, 95 percent of covered buildings have filed LL97 reports and of those that filed we're seeing 95 percent compliance.
www.urbangreencouncil.org
September 23, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Year One Local Law 97 Results: Four key takeaways - Urban Green Council www.urbangreencouncil.org/year-one-loc...
-95% of properties filed their 2024 LL97 reports
-95% of those met their requirements – emissions limits or one-time upgrades
-Fewer than 1% used alternative compliance options
-95% of properties filed their 2024 LL97 reports
-95% of those met their requirements – emissions limits or one-time upgrades
-Fewer than 1% used alternative compliance options