The state is adjusting its income eligibility criteria for Empower+, which helps tenants and homeowners pay for energy-saving building upgrades. Previous rules made it hard for city households to qualify:…
“To truly lower the cost of living, the city must start using automated compliance checks to approve housing, retrofit, and energy projects in real-time.”
Students from the Pratt Institute are teaming up with local community group Mothers on the Move to explore how hemp—a building material rarely used in housing—could help retrofit New York’s…
