Even as Albany declared last week that it will delay enforcement of the 2023 law banning natural gas and oil hookups in new buildings, there is no change to a similar law in the city, where the drive to go all-electric continues unhindered.

The state agreed in a court case last Wednesday to suspend regulations imposed by its All-Electric Building Act, the first phase of which was to take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

But that has no effect on the city’s own Local Law 154 of 2021, also known as the All-Electric Building Act or similar names. It too had been challenged in court, but that case was dismissed last March.

Proponents say such laws are needed to reduce fossil-fuel emissions that drive climate change, while opponents say they are unnecessary, costly and risky due to the additional str

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