New York City Council Testimony

Friday, June 26th, 2009

greener_greater_buildingsInstitute executive director Olympia Kazi testified in front of the New York City Council Environmental Protection Committee about the package of four bills that mandate energy efficiency upgrades for a great part of the existing NYC building stock. Kazi’s testimony included comments from the third fellows’ Breakfast Club that focused on the Greener Greater Buildings Plan initiative of PlaNYC. The implementation of this plan depends upon the passage of those bills. You may download the [PDF] of the testimony.

3rd Breakfast Club, New York

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Breakfast Club June

Laurie Kerr leads the round-table discussion.

Institute fellows gathered at the New York Center for Architecture for the third fellows’ Breakfast Club, chaired by Institute fellow Laurie Kerr, Senior Policy Advisor at NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, who led the discussion on the “greening” of New York City’s building code.