New York City residents, already grappling with some of the country’s highest housing prices, face extra costs to comply with a law mandating greenhouse gas emission cuts at their buildings. At Queensview cooperative, residents in the 726-unit housing complex — about half of whom are retirees — fear that their roughly $1,000 maintenance fee will soon double to cover the cost of electrifying their heat and hot water systems over the next five years. “People have very large mortgage payments” and may not be able to handle the added burden, said Alicia Fernandez, treasurer of the co-op. Read the article…………………………….
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