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A state appellate court revived a lawsuit seeking to overturn New York City's Local Law 97, potentially imperiling the city's landmark statute regulating large buildings' carbon emissions.

A lawsuit seeking to overturn New York City's Local Law 97 has been revived by a state appellate court.

The Dept. of Buildings (DOB) has the power to offer a mediated resolution to landlords who don't comply with the city's building emissions law, bypassing fines if they promise to get back on track. But lawyers fear the provision leaves the door open for DOB to evoke it too freely.

The Adams administration has formalized long-awaited rules governing the landmark climate statute Local Law 97, with two weeks before the city's largest

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The final rules for Local Law 97 give property owners until 2026 to avoid penalties, as long as they demonstrate "good faith efforts" to decarbonize their buildings.

Local Law 97 is one of the most ambitious—and divisive—climate measures enacted in any U.S. city. While some co-op boards see the mandate as an opportunity to make sustainable upgrades to their buildings, others say it will drain their financial reserves.

The city's landlords get a two-year great period after the DOB's latest tweak to the landmark climate legislation.

The city's largest landlords might have a bit more time to decarbonize their buildings under new rules published Tuesday pertaining to the implementation of

The City Planning Commission on Monday approved Mayor Eric Adams' proposal to overhaul the city's zoning code to remove some barriers for environmentally