Dear Mayor Adams,

New York City’s Local Law 97 is the world’s most-important city-level climate and jobs law. It requires large buildings – the bulk of NYC’s real estate square footage – to slash their climate pollution. The on-site energy efficiency upgrades that the law induces will create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and massive capital investment for decades to come, while the pollution reductions will lead to significant health benefits for all New Yorkers and climate benefits here at home, but also far behind the borders of our five boroughs.

Local Law 97 also stands to cement New York City as a national and global leader on climate action and in climate-tech. As founders, workers, and investors in climate tech, and/or as climate concerned New Yorkers, we stand in strong support of the full, timely implementation and enforcement of Local Law 97. We understand that an important rule-making with respect to this landmark law is imminent, and we feel compelled to raise our voices to call for clear, unequivocal leadership from City Hall on this issue. In particular:

1. No loopholes, including with respect to RECs, should be opened up that would weaken Local Law 97 or allow buildings subject to the law to cheaply buy their way out of compliance.
2. There should be no delays in the 2024 enforcement cycle, and no reduction in the mandated fines for buildings that fail to come into compliance.

It’s worth highlighting here that ~80% of buildings subject to Local Law 97 are already compliant with the 2024 requirements, and that for the vast majority of those that aren’t yet, the path to compliance is straightforward, affordable, and likely to save them money over time.

All the same, we understand that you are under intense pressure from well-organized special interests seeking to weaken or even gut this landmark piece of legislation. We understand that they would like you to loosen the law’s requirements and enforcement. We therefore call on you to stand strong in the name of urgent climate action, certainly, but also because climate-tech is the future. Retrofitting all of New York City’s buildings will make the city healthier, safer, and a more beautiful and humane place for all of us who live here, but it will also fuel booming industries for decades to come, and spawn world-leading businesses that will reshape the world over the course of this century.

We want to live in that version of New York that is remade to face, and be the face of the 21st century, and we want those world-leading businesses to continue to be built and headquartered here. Local Law 97 can be a key engine of just such a future for our great city, so even as you experience intense pressure to keep New York languishing in 20th century modalities, we call on you to choose the industries of the future and a better city for all.

In support of Local Law 97,

Md Abid Sikder, dClimate
Assad Aboultaif, Jules
Shaun Abrahamson, Third Sphere
Joel Ahearne-Ray, Turner Construction
Sundeep Ahuja, Climate Capital
Isabella Akker, TIME CO2
Thomas Annicq, Oneshot.earth Inc.
Behdad Bahrami, Edgecom Energy
Bronwyn Barry, The Passive House Network
Conor Battle, Spring Lane Capital
Savannah bertrand, Sealed
Mahmud Bonnie, Mahmud Bonnie
Abhijeet Borole, ElectroActive Technologies, Inc.
Garrett Boudinot, Vycarb
Simon Brandler, Brimstone
Adam Braun, Climate Club
Toby Bryce, OpenAir Collective
Jeff Burka, Singularity Energy
Anthony C Olivas, Vert Energy Group
Irving C., Atmos Financial
Ian Campbell, Climate Capital
Nick Cardoni, Highview Creations
Edward Casabian, Climate Draft
Maria Casciani, Galvanize Climate Solutions
Andrew Chang, Activate New York
Taylor Chapman, Cascade Climate
Patrick Chopson, Cove Tool, inc
Iftach Cohen, Setpoint.ai
Nicolas Coles, Energeia Works
Travis Connors, Building Ventures
Steven Crowe, Jackson Control
Dillon Cruz, Google, Brooklyn Community Board 6
Amy Curtis, The All We Can Save Project
Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli, WATS
Tony Daniels, Cycle Retrotech
Parinda Darden, Wildgrid
Gregory DeFreitas, Eastern Economic Research, Inc.
Nisha Desai (in solidarity from Houston), Intention
James Dice, Nexus Labs
Stefan Dienstag, SOSV
Harsh Dubey, Lowercarbon Capital
Lindsey Dukles, Vycarb
Sudharsan Dwaraknath, Quorum Bio
Stephen Dynako, Impact Partner with Raise Green
Beth Eckenrode, AUROS Group
Leif Elgethun, Retrolux
Omar Elmady, Northeastern University
Sarah Emery, WattCarbon
Eric Fischgrund, FischTank PR
Cole Fitter, Ironhack
Rachel Fleishman, Insight Sustainability
Laura Fox, Streetlife Ventures
Michele Fox, MUSE (Members United for Sustainable Events)
Nick Freeman, Primary Productions
Forest Frizzell, Shifted Energy
Dheraj Ganjikunta, SBUDNIC
Nicholas Gawry, Square Roots Urban Growers
Simon Gelinas, SiGe.Ai
Kimberly Giese, KCE
Scott Gigante, Climate Tech VC
Andrew Ginn, Brightcore Energy
Shelley Golan, NYC Agriculture Collective
Daniel Goldman, Clean Energy Ventures
William Gradin, Nzero.com
Nicole Granath, Tangible Materials, Tangible Materials
Jessica Gross, Urban Future Lab
Anshul Gupta, New Yorkers for Clean Power and IBM Research
Vanessa Hallik, Another Tomorrow
Derek Harnett, Switch Automation
Brendan Hermalyn, Thalo Labs
Michael Hernandez, New York Policy Director , Rewiring America
Michelle Hirons, HigherRing
Scott Hobart, Mercator Partners
Jason Hochman, Direct Air Capture Coalition
Franz Hochstrasser, Raise Green, Inc.
Duncan Hutchins, Avesta Fund
Gabe John, Verdani Partners
Stuart Johnson, Cold Climate
Gabrielle Jorgensen, Climate Changemakers
Sabs Katz, Intersectional Environmentalist
Sean Kelly, Amperon
Azeem Khan, Gitcoin
NaJin Kim , New Money Eco
Nathan King, itselectric
Nate Kinsey, UtilityAPI
Michele Knapp, FunForm
Evan Korth, NYU
Justin Kosmides, Vela Bikes
Adam Kramer, nZero
Nicholas Kraus, Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon
Christoph Lange, Atem.earth
Heather Langsner, OpenAir Collective
Alex Laplaza, Lowercarbon Capital
James Lawler, Climate Now
London Lee, Adobe
Richard Li, LG
Eric Liftin, MESH Architectures
Taylor Linnell, BuiltCold
Nicole Loher, Climate Consultant
Andrea Luecke, Cleantech Leaders Roundtable
Lucy Lyons, Kestrix Ltd.
Jason M Beck, Enerex and Zettawatts
Francesca Macchiavello, Spring Lane Capital
David Magid, YSG Solar
Silas Mahner, NextWave Partners
Charlotte Mallo, ClimateRaise
Elijah Manning, Kenyon College
Priyanka Mathur, EcoLearn
Charlotte Meerstadt, Fram Energy
Andre Meurer, Building Decarbonization Coalition
David Miller, Clean Energy Ventures
Jahed Momand, Cerulean Ventures
Christopher Mondoux, Yale School of Management
Daniel Myers, Flair
Kristian Nammack, Matinecock Capital LLC
Alex Nathanson, Energy Transition Design LLC
Christopher Neidl, OpenAir
Jo Norris, Carbon Reform
Ryan O'Hanlon, Brooklyn resident
Andrew O’Rourke, Rooted Market
Hannah Odell, Global Warming Mitigation Project
Goksenin Ozturkeri, Elevate Power
John P Ciovacco, Aztech Geothermal
Sam Pardue, Indow
Bud Parr, The New Dynamic
Sanjana Paul, Earth Hacks
Sam Peinado, Voltus
Krystal Persaud, Wildgrid
Gabriel Peschiera, Numa Products LLC
Tara Pham, Numina
Sophie Purdom, CTVC & Planeteer Capital
Douglas Qian, Streamline Climate
Chip Quarrier, Resolute Building Intelligence
Tom Quigley, Superorganism
Richard Reiss, City Atlas
Rio Richardson, oneshot.earth
Jerry Rivers, North American Climate, Conservation and Environment(NACCE)
Mairi Robertson, Ezra Climate
David Rodriguez, Draft Ventures
Rachel Rosen, WexEnergy LLC
Miriam Roure, Kara
Jake Rozmaryn, Antenna Group
petee run, CB9
Sam Runkle, Lumen Energy & Climate Capital
Luke Rupcic, BlocPower
Luke Rupcic , (signing here and above in personal capacity only)
Jack Rusk, EHDD
Jake Russell, Propeller VC
Laury Saligman, Clean Energy Venture Group
Leise Sandeman, Pathways
Vicki Sando, NYGRRA
Su Sanni, Dollaride
John Santoleri, Clean Energy Venture Group
Kelly Sarber, Strategic Management
Carter Schmitt, Still Bright
Susan Schofer , SOSV
Peter Schweinfurth, Clean Energy Venture Group
Kunal Sethi, Prithvi Ventures
Hemanth Setty, Zero Circle
Wenbo Shi, Singularity Energy
Naya Shim, Activate Global
Ronjan Sikdar, 2K Games
Kellan Simpson, Altura
Jack Smoot, Bex Power
Russell Sprole, Virta Ventures
Ricky Stephens, Consultant
Craig Stevenson, AUROS Group
Andrei Stoica, Warner Bros. Discovery
Jonathan Strimling, CleanFiber
Rachel Suffian, Self Employed NY Resident
Jacob Susman, Ambient Fuels
Marie Thompson, Powerhouse Ventures
Christine Tiballi, DirtSat
Minh To, Amplitude
Isabella Todaro, Climate Neutral / Columbia Business School
Martin Torres, CU Boulder
Analaura Tostado, NYU
Fredrik Tunberg, Sally R, Inc
Alec Turnbull, Climate Tech Cities
Brian Turner, Buildings IOT
Kellie Valladares, Columbia Business School
Theresa Vallejo, Antenna Group
Jacqueline Van den Ende, Carbon Equity
Christophe van Durme, Glimpact
Nick Van Osdol, Keep Cool
Sonam Velani, Streetlife Ventures
Jessica Vernon, Techmenity
Guy Vidra, Collaborative Fund
Kathy Viskup, Chef
Ha Vu, Google
Gernot Wagner, Columbia Business School
Ed Walters, Climate Collective
Mengyan Wang, Intapp
Conor Watkins, CQuel
Kevin Webb, Superorganism
Marcus Wedner, Reason Venture Partners
Todd Weinstein, ESG OWL
Alexander Weisberg, Rhizomatic Capital LLC
Albert Wenger, Union Square Ventures
Alex Wick, Cascadia Carbon Inc.
Russell Wilcox, Urban Energy
Kaila Wilson, RETI Center
Brian Wilson, Duro UAS
Wei Xun He, Bevi
Matt Yao, Build in Climate
McGee Young, WattCarbon
K Young, The Sky Foundation
Steven Zhang (in solidarity from Boston), ClimateTechList
Rick Zullo, Equal Ventures
Brandon, Partner Energy
WOC/CS, Women of Color Collective in Sustainability
Evan Abel
Anjana Agarwal
Magnus Ahlstrom
Ben Albritton
Armani Allie
Meia Alsup
Irie Ann Ewers
John Atchley
Aashika Balaji
Adekunle Balogun
Tamara Barbakova
Jackson Barliant
Cate Battey
Donatela Bellone
Catherine Benz-Jackson
Spence Blood
Eli Bosworth
Felix Bouleau
Scott Brannen
Liz Breuer
Ben Brooks
Adare Brown
Rebecca Bruehlman
Caroline Busby
Andrew Chang
Maahi Chowdhury
Brett Clarke
Jessica Claus
Maria Cosentino
McLean Cozine
Nina cragg
Jovin Cronin-Wilesmith
Marie D'Amico
Nora Danielson Lanier
Leslie Dann
Alice Davison
John Desmond
Ariane Desrosiers
Nate Dombeck
Jessica Donohue
Ben Donohue
Erica Du
Robin F Williams
Sean Flynn
Olivia Forker
Haley Fradkin
Rabo Garba
Jonathan Gilmour
Ben Goodwin
Robbie Greenberg
Robinson Greig
Eva Guadamillas Codera
Shrey Gupta
Parul Gupta
Elizabeth Hart
Julian Helguero-Kelley
Emily Horing
Megan Joyce
Andrew Kalish
Madhu Kapoor
Ashritha Karuturi
Karen Kavanaugh
Preyonty Kazi
Ashwin Kishen
Isaac Knipfing
Micah Kotch
Lillian Kwang
Dylan L
Matt Laszuk
Seth Laxman
Valerie Lechene
Ronit Lee
Maddie Lee
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Briene Lermitte
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Jiazhen Li Ruan
Teresa Liu
Thomas Lu
David Lyons
Catherine M
Barbara Machado
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David McClosky
Jay Melone
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Tessa Owens
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Bradford Parker, in personal capacity
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Sue Patrick
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