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Ambitious 'Green New Deal' Will Have Huge Impact On New York City Real Estate

May 7, 2019 | Forbes

The New York City real estate market is expected to take a hit as the result of ambitious legislation designed to push back against climate change, which includes requiring the owners of residential and commercial buildings to cut energy usage and carbon emissions or face significant fines.
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How New York Can Deliver the First Phase of Its ‘Green New Deal’

May 2, 2019 | City Lab

By 2030, the city’s large buildings must cut their carbon emissions by 40 percent. Here’s how that can happen.
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How an Evolving Movement Pushed NYC to Address the Climate Crisis

April 25, 2019 | US News & World Report

A week after the New York City Council approved a landmark set of bills aimed at mitigating global warming – including a requirement that the largest buildings in New York reduce their carbon emissions by 80 percent in the next 30 years – the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is already getting calls from its member cities around the world asking what they can do to follow New York's lead.
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Legislation to cut carbon emissions will cost property owners billions

April 22, 2019 | Crain's NY

The City Council passed an array of environmental regulations just in time for Earth Day—and major property owners are going to have to spend some serious green.
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NYC Council passes sweeping building emission legislation

April 19, 2019 | The Architect's Newspaper

Some of New York’s tallest towers are doing the most harm to the environment.