City on the Edge: City Limits' Reporting on Climate Change, Health & Environment
NYCHA to Replace Gas Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program
Dozens of public housing apartments will get plug-in induction ranges as part of the initiative, which aims to eventually shift 10,000 NYCHA homes off the use of polluting fossil fuel appliances.
The switch is intended to both improve air quality in residents' homes—since gas stoves release chemicals that can exacerbate respiratory ailments like asthma—and avoid the frequent service disruptions many NYCHA tenants are accustomed to.
Department Of City Planning Shutters Design Division
The move caused a stir at the agency, with planners from past administrations criticizing the decision. They stressed the importance of urban design to make neighborhoods livable as the city plans to build hundreds of thousands of new housing units.
NYCHA Has Ignored Mold at This Brooklyn After-School Center for a Year, Staffers Say
Staff at the center, many of whom also live in NYCHA housing, say they keep the door to the mold-filled closet closed as much as possible. They say they’ve filed multiple repair tickets with NYCHA, but the agency has yet to address the problem.
Opinion: Cities Can Win the Climate Fight. NYC is Setting the Stage.
“New York City’s experience demonstrates that large-scale carbon reduction is not only essential but entirely within reach,” writes Sana Barakat, the city's chief decarbonization officer
