Q&A
NYCHA's confidence in meeting sustainability commitments
1:43:35
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Council Member Chris Banks asks if NYCHA is confident it can meet its sustainability commitments with current resources and funding. Siobhan Watson responds on behalf of NYCHA.
- NYCHA's obligation under Local Law 97 is to make best efforts to achieve a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an 80% reduction by 2050
- NYCHA has identified a feasible path forward to meet these goals
- The agency is working hard to implement solutions, including completing an industry-moving challenge to develop strategies
Chris Banks
1:43:35
Thank you.
1:43:36
Is NYCHA confident that it can meet that it can meet its sustainability commitments with the resources and funding currently available to it?
Siobhan Watson
1:43:47
So, specifically, with regard to our Local Law 97 commitment, our obligation is to make best efforts to achieve a 40% reduction in our greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 or 2030 and an 80% reduction by 2050.
1:44:04
So, we are making every effort to meet those goals and we have identified a feasible path forward to do so.
Chris Banks
1:44:11
Okay.
1:44:11
We
Siobhan Watson
1:44:11
will be continuing to work as hard as we can to implement those goals, including the kind of industry moving challenge that we have completed in order to develop solutions to do so.
