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Op-ed: The better path to environmental sustainability for co-op, condo owners

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Dec. 7, 2023 By Former U.S. Congressman Tom Suozzi Climate change is real and we must take aggressive proactive steps to address it, but we can’t bankrupt working and middle class co-op and condo homeowners in our efforts to make change. New York City Local Law 97, with its unforgiving timelines and heavy fines, endanger the housing security of working and middle-class families who have invested their life savings into their co-ops and condos all over Queens, from Whitestone to Bay Terrace. Residents are concerned about the financial squeeze placed on them by the strict emissions caps and steep penalties…
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