by Emma Davey 
In December 2021, New York City Council passed a bill “that prohibits the combustion of fossil fuels in new buildings, effectively phasing out the use of gas for cooking and heating,” reported The Verge, making New York the largest city to do so.
Now climate activists will push for the concept at the state level, by way of legislation sponsored by North Brooklyn’s own Assemblymember Emily Gallagher and State Senator Brian Kavanagh.
Gallagher and Kavanagh…
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