Mamdani: Transition to ‘Clean, Beautiful Heat Pumps’ Sets NYC on Path ‘to Tackle the Climate Crisis at the Scale Needed’

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MAMDANI: “For too long, the sun has risen and set on New Yorkers living in apartments without reliable heat or warmed by inefficient fossil fuel-guzzling boilers. Today, as we mark the 56th anniversary of Earth Day, we are telling our own very different story of heat, one where we transition thousands of NYCHA apartments from inefficient systems to clean, beautiful heat pumps over the next five years. This transition lives at the heart of New York City’s third ever NYCHA Sustainability Agenda, which sets our city on a path to tackle the climate crisis at the scale needed. It sets sustainability goals that include everything from thousands of induction stoves in NYCHA apartments, to electric vehicle charging stations in NYCHA parking lots, to hiring NYCHA residents to fill green jobs. This agenda builds on progress that we have already been achieving here in New York City.”