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😳😳😳 I guess that’s one way for pro-permitting deal people to sell it

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A private equity firm being purchased by a data center developer wants to build a big new fracked gas power plant on the Brooklyn waterfront. Higher bills, more pollution. 😬 We’re organizing in Sunset Park to stop it. Join us. Hochul say NO! journalism.blog.brooklyn.edu/2026/10/gowa...

Gowanus Groups Call on Governor to Reject Expanded Brooklyn Generating Station – Brooklyn News Service

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The politics and policy of permitting reform are pretty easy to me. If the oil and gas companies are super for it, I’m super against it. No, I don’t think “we” have outfoxed them and gotten them to enthusiastically support something that is actually bad for them. Here’s API’s top marketing person.

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Gas delivery costs are rocketing up as utilities gouge us for their profits and massively pollute 👇👇👇

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Fairview Owners Corp. targets climate goals after Ida flood

Holy cow what an amazing transformation for a big co-op in Queens, stimulated in part by Local Law 97 👏👏👏 ✅ lower energy bills ✅ good jobs ✅ less pollution Local Law 97 is helping upgrade NYC’s aging building stock. Check this out, sports fans: www.habitatmag.com/Publication-...

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Fairview Owners Corp. is completing a massive $20M decarbonization and flood protection project four years after Hurricane Ida.

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 01/10/2026

Do you know that Democratic politicians in the State of New York could make life very very uncomfortable for James Dolan by actually using the levers of controls they have over MSG's tax status and future? And yet! bsky.app/profile/noah...

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This is the most inportant thing happening in the world

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Bill de Blasio campaigned less on climate/jobs in his seminal ‘13 run for Mayor than Zohran in ‘25. Yet over time a lot of us made de Blasio BY FAR the top mayor on it. Local Laws 97 & 154, plus pension fund divestment. BDB was down to it, ideologically. 👍 I hope Mandani goes big! 🧵

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I’m old enough to remember when the msm wouldn’t treat politicians raising enormous amount of funding from special interests for a campaign as an admirable feat, a “record-shattering war chest.” They used to cast this as bad. Now they attach positive descriptors. Another sign of social decline.

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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today, NYC’s rent freeze starts! Because of Mamdani’s election and follow through, about 2 million people won’t get rent hikes 👏

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Somethings are simple and stopping the expansion of fossil fuels should be one of then. 👇

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This might be an unpleasant thing to say out loud but there is no way this deal isn’t good for oil & gas companies. I know that b/c the republicans agreed to it. Therefore, it’ll be more pollution and higher profits at our expense. As I see it, it’s really that simple. Say NO!

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The big new clean energy transmission project into NYC, CHPE, is currently delivering 1,250 megawatts of hydropower into the city grid. 👍 ✅ lower electricity prices ✅ less pollution ✅ good jobs Unfortunately, Hochul has no discernible plan for more like this. Needed!

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And, no coincidence, actual grassroots groups - not corporate-funded fakes - were on the steps of city hall today urging Mayor Mamdani to close the REBNY/Eric Adams-created REC loophole in NYC Local Law 97.

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today at noon, NYC city hall steps! Join us and allies to push Mayor Mamdani:

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey all if you’re free, join a rally at city hall at noon to urge @mayor.nyc.gov to come through on his promises to cut pollution, create good jobs and reduce energy bills. Noon tomorrow (wed) on city hall’s steps!

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh this lede is awesome 😂😂😂 “Now comes the boring part.”

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Attacks on NYC’s climate/jobs law, Local Law 97, come from the real estate lobby paying for them. 🤬 AstroTurf fake “grassroots” groups are an important channel of influence for big money corporate interests.

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yoooo read this banger from Marie French at Politico exposing a right wing lying fraud of a NY-based social influencer who attacks renewable energy. Great exposé work. Go read! www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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An unlikely power player in the fight over solar on farmland

Alexandra Fasulo's attacks on New York solar have reached Washington and the governor's race. The state has struggled to counter her claims, even when they don't hold up.

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🤔 At the moment, Mamdani is not taking big shots on climate/jobs. Nor is he taking the (small/med) shots he said he would. NYC is a global leader on climate/jobs action b/c of Local Laws 97, 154 & divestment. Policies he inherited. So far Zohran isn’t furthering the city’s leadership. He should!🧵

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Copenhagen is amazing. Every city should have bike infrastructure like it. Mamdani can make it happen for nyc, fast. He should!

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bad! Meanwhile, Hochul gutted NY’s climate law and approved a huge new gas pipeline for Trump, which will also raise our bills. She’s awful on the issue. For his part, Mamdani needs to get into gear and fulfill his campaign pledges - and much more. We need action at scale! 🧵

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I keep re-upping this story because it’s incredible! The reporting & writing are spectacular, as are the cast of characters. It reveals how the landlord lobby sleazily attacks NYC Local Law 97, our climate/jobs law, through front groups. Go read!!!

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oooo nyc with big sunset game today

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It’s almost like the American Petroleum Institute knows precisely what it’s getting with this permitting deal.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I got a battery from Every Electric last week. Pretty cool! The main function is to power the a/c when the electric grid is peaking its demand, thus saving money and reducing pollution. But also they’re charging it up now in case of emergency 👍👍👍

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1970s-80s: the U.S. banned toxic pesticides for use but still allowed their export to nations with lax regulations and that was a scandal 2026 Uno Reverse Card: the U.S. is one of the only nations where a Swiss-made pesticide linked to Parkinson’s is still used www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US

Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 25/09/2026

Holy hell, what a story. One reveal: the front group people admit REBNY writes legislation for them that they took to the NYC Council! 😬😬😬 I want to be clear here: idk whether that language then became bill language, but the main trash bill they push is linked below.

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Unsurprisingly @petesikora.bsky.social nails it.

But Co-ops and Condos United has deeper ties to the real estate industry than its grassroots branding suggests. The group is a rebranding of Homeowners for a Stronger New York, a prominent critic of Local Law 97. Until its renaming last fall, Homeowners for a Stronger New York received all its funding (over $750,000) from a lobbying group run by the Real Estate Board of New York, or REBNY, which represents some of the city’s largest developers.

Pete Sikora, the director of climate advocacy at New York Communities for Change, said he believes REBNY is using CCU as political cover in its campaign against Local Law 97.

“Everyone hates billionaire landlords,” said Sikora, “so the landlord lobby pays for front groups to try and shift the focus from them to more sympathetic homeowners.”

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Whoa! This is super interesting. Meanwhile, the USA is falling ever further behind by shunning clean energy and energy efficiency. In policy terms, yes the republicans are awful, don’t ever vote for ‘em. But also your standard Dem elected is way behind. We have to shape them up! Check it out 👇👇👇

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Who’s Behind the Push to Weaken NYC’s Climate Law?

Yesterday was a big news day for NYC’s future: 1. The council passed a large subsidy for energy efficiency for working- and middle-class co-ops & condos.👍 2. @nysfocus.com posted a damning exposé of landlord lobby front groups that attack Local Law 97.🤯 Go read it!!! nysfocus.com/2026/09/24/c...

nysfocus.com

A “grassroots” homeowners group leading the charge against Local Law 97 has deep ties to a powerful real estate industry association.

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New York Communities for Change @nychange.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We’re rallying with allies on 29th street in Brooklyn to stop the Gowanus fracked gas power plant proposed for this site by a private equity firm that builds data centers. 😱 Hochul must stop this huge new potential pollution source, which would also raise utility bills!

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Colin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Worth noting also: NYC Council just today passed its own J-51 bill, formalizing the extension of the tax break for coop and condo upgrades legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationD...

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The New York City Council - File #: Int 1015-2026

Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to abatement of taxation for alterations and improvements to certain multiple dwellings

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Colin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Great reporting here by Benjy

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Thousands of us marching down 42nd towards the UN for a free Palestine!

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🚨 Whoa!!! This is a big exposé story of the sleazy real estate lobby, which sets up front groups that present as grassroots, normal people but are operating for billionaires and big money interests. Here, it’s astroturf opposition to NYC’s big climate/jobs law, Local Law 97🚨

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Hi just a periodic reminder to my fellow climate peeps to stop saying “emissions”. Please use pollution, air pollution or climate-heating pollution. You don’t have to use alienating graduate student-level speak. Let’s use normal people speak please and thank you. 🧵

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