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HOW NYC CO-OPS/CONDOS SAVE ENERGY

Energy is one budget item that NYC co-ops and condos can lower, and the articles here will give you ideas on how to do that. Plus, New York City has passed an ambitious set of laws that requires buildings to reduce their carbon emissions over the next decade, and all buildings will have to comply. For co-ops and condos, this means taking action now.

Bill would give co-ops and condos tax breaks for reducing building carbon emissions.

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Critics say mediation is a get-out-of-jail-free card for buildings that fail to meet carbon caps.

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As co-op and condo board scramble to reduce carbon emissions, there's good news and bad.

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Floods caused by climate change will increase, could outstrip prevention plans.

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DOB's inspection unit drastically understaffed as city's climate law goes into effect.

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New climate report underscores need for co-ops and condos to cut carbon emissions.

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Co-op and condo boards anxiously await a decision on a major source of clean electricity.

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Oil-burning buildings have a window of opportunity that closes on New Year's Day.

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Environmentalists are divided on whether new rules are too lenient for building owners.

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A new report reveals that there's more than one way to cut building carbon emissions.

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Learn all the basics of NYC co-op and condo management, with straight talk from heavy hitters in the field of co-op or condo apartments

Professionals in some of the key fields of co-op and condo board governance and building management answer common questions in their areas of expertise

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