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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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