February 10, 2023: An evening view of the Financial District in Manhattan from Brooklyn Bridge park in Brooklyn.
La Ley Municipal 97 promete reducir las emisiones de carbono y crear una ciudad más eficiente desde el punto de vista energético. Pero los ambientalistas advierten que la normativa actual deja un vacío legal que permite a los propietarios, sobre todo a los de oficinas, saltarse el cumplimiento de la ley.
Local Law 97 promises to reduce carbon emissions and create a more energy efficient city. But environmentalists warn that the current rules create a loophole for landlords, especially those that own office properties, to simply buy their way out of complying.
“Trees cross party lines and geographic lines. They are the great uniter,” said Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, who with his fellow borough presidents is pushing City Hall to commit to funding the additional plantings in the sustainability plan the administration will publish in April.
Una plantilla de solo 302 personas cuida una plantación de más de 865.000 árboles en toda la ciudad. El presupuesto preliminar de Adams pretende recortar $46 millones de dólares del Departamento de Parques, lo que los ecologistas temen que suponga un paso atrás en la promesa del alcalde de mantener vivas y en crecimiento los árboles de Nueva York.
A staff of just 302 people tend to a crop of over 865,000 trees across the city. Adams’ preliminary budget aims to slash $46 million from the Parks Department, which environmentalists fear signals a step back in the mayor’s promise to keep New York City’s canopy alive and growing.
The program will charge companies for carbon pollution and introduce a novel rebate initiative that promises to distribute $1 billion to New Yorkers. But environmentalists say its success will rest on how exactly the state designs the program, to ensure it doesn’t allow companies to essentially pay to pollute without meaningfully lowering emissions.
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