Thread by @aldatweets

I’m en route to NYC City Council to see a rally in support of a historic NYC climate bill, set to pass this pm against real estate opposition. This would be the country’s most aggressive low-carbon building law. Supporters are calling it a Green New Deal for New York. THREAD

https://twitter.com/greenjobsny/status/1118625746883416065

The bill is finally getting some of the attention it deserves. Bloomberg wanted dramatic building GHG cuts in 2009, but real estate lobby (REBNY) told him to back down and he did. A decade later, an even more ambitious bill will pass
nytimes.com/2019/04/17/nyr…

For key background on how housing, labor, enviro justice, real estate, and progressive politicians formed the initial framework, start w this lovely account of coalition building, and energy retrofit explainer, by Amy Howden-Chapman in @UrbanOmnibus
urbanomnibus.net/2018/11/buildi…

Next up are the key pieces by @AlexCKaufman, whose reporting on climate politics (in NYC and beyond) is consistently extraordinary. First, get the magnitude of this Green New Deal for NYC moment m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c…

Then see his piece on the bill’s emergence, wherein @Costa4NY decided to push a bill even more ambitious than the one agreed through the process that Howden-Chapman documents, thus sparking the ire of real estate
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b…

Watch real estate fight back against this aggressive bill
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c…

Main reason NYC is getting such an aggressive bill is housing justice groups like @nychange and progressive political forces like @WorkingFamilies are making it a priority. Why? The bill will protect renters, create jobs, and slash carbon pollution. This is what a GND looks like

Chaser: comments on the bill’s significance and origins in chief sponsor @Costa4NY’s words

https://twitter.com/costa4ny/status/1118837055226822656?s=21

Key lines from the presser so far:
“New York needs a Green New Deal”
“The time is now”
“This is a movement for real democracy”