electricity and wiring

Solar power also reduces strain on the city's electric grid.
The Search
Why your rental building's solar panels may not lower your apartment's electric bills
By Celia Young |March 19, 2025 - 12:30PM
From left to right: Good Carbon CEO and founder Adam Serbert, Sustainable Comfort Inc. Managing Director Jeff Love, Association for Energy Affordability Program Manager Martha Gutierrez, RiseBoro Community Partnership Chief Housing Officer Emily Kurtz, and NYSERDA Program Manager Brian Cabezas.
Renovation
Electrifying your NYC condo or co-op building? Make sure to get your residents and staff on board
By Celia Young |March 14, 2025 - 2:00PM
City Council member Carmen de La Rosa at a rally Thursday against the “landlord loophole”
Improve
Late filing fees for Local Law 97 reports are 'punitive,' condo and co-op coalition says
By Jennifer White Karp |February 17, 2025 - 9:30AM
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Renovation
7 ways to get small jobs done in your NYC apartment if you're not handy
By Mary Lowengard |January 27, 2025 - 1:30PM
Shot of water boiling in an open pot on a hot stove at home
Improve
I swapped the gas stove in my Mitchell-Lama co-op for an electric one, but what did I gain?
By Celia Young |November 20, 2024 - 11:30AM
plimbing repairs
Troubleshooting
The 7 best ways to get your NYC landlord to make repairs and get them done faster
By Brick Underground |October 8, 2024 - 2:30PM
Woman on the phone to a plumber about a leaking sink
Small Projects + DIY
Here's what I learned to get our absentee landlord to fix things fast
By Jennifer White Karp |August 13, 2024 - 9:30AM
stainless steel saucepan being used on a gas cooktop
Roommates + Landlords
Do I still have to pay a gas connection fee if I switch to an electric cooktop?
By Jennifer White Karp |August 5, 2024 - 3:00PM
Closeup of manometer, pipes and faucet valves of heating system in a boiler room
Live
How co-op and condo buildings can fund Local Law 97 upgrades

… Editors note A previous version of the article ran in April 2023 We are presenting it again with updated … Local Law 97 noncompliance coming to a building near you in 2025 … Incentives are offered by utility companies and NY … depending on whether the mortgage is midcycle with 10 to 15 years to go on a 30year fixed or whether you are towards …

By Emily Myers |September 6, 2023 - 2:30PM