reason.com/2021/12/17/nyc-declar…as-stoves/
New York City Council voted to ban the installation of furnaces, boilers, hot water heaters, and cooking stoves that burn fossil fuels in new buildings lower than seven stories constructed after 2024, and in buildings over seven stories beginning in 2027. The ban is a way to reduce the city’s emissions of greenhouse gases that are associated with rising global temperatures. Buildings are responsible for 70 percent of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions, chiefly carbon dioxide. New York City is following in the footsteps of other cities run by progressives like San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, in California, and Ithaca in upstate New York. In contrast, as of July, 19 states run by Republican legislatures have passed bans against municipal electrification mandates.