Over 90 percent of NYC’s large buildings complied with their 2024 limits
Original publication by Urban Green Council • Updated January 2026
Local Law 97 places carbon caps on thousands of residential and commercial properties across NYC. The graphs below show how covered buildings’ current energy use relates to the law’s first emissions limit in 2024. Specifically, the compliance rates using the latest benchmarking data (2024) are:
2024 LL97 limits
91%
of all buildings meet
2024 limits
93%
of multifamily buildings meet 2024 limits
94%
of office buildings meet 2024 limits
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Local Law 97
NYC’s groundbreaking climate legislation sets carbon emissions caps for large buildings that began in 2024.