{"id":3913,"date":"2021-12-23T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/may-bill-de-blasio-signs-gas-free-nyc-into-law-dec-22-2010\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:11:36","slug":"may-bill-de-blasio-signs-gas-free-nyc-into-law-dec-22-2010","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/may-bill-de-blasio-signs-gas-free-nyc-into-law-dec-22-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Bill de Blasio Signs Gas Free NYC Into Law \u2013 Dec. 22, 2010"},"template":"","class_list":["post-3913","update","type-update","status-publish","hentry","update_type-announcements","person_tax-peggy-shepard"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":"","update_type":[363],"focus_area":false,"authors":[232],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"WE ACT for Environmental Justice\u2019s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard introduced New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as he signed the Gas Free NYC bill into law on December 22, 2021, ensuring that all new buildings in the city will be built to use electricity instead of fossil fuels. This is a huge step towards environmental justice because buildings burning fossil fuels produce approximately 70 percent of the city\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution, both of which disproportionately impact low-income communities and communities of color. Learn more about Gas Free NYC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weact.org\/campaigns\/gas-free-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, read the announcement from the Mayor\u2019s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/852-21\/mayor-de-blasio-signs-landmark-bill-ban-combustion-fossil-fuels-new-buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, and watch the signing ceremony <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1nAKEYobZEgKL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mayor Bill de Blasio Signs Gas Free NYC Into Law \u2013 Dec. 22, 2010 - WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/may-bill-de-blasio-signs-gas-free-nyc-into-law-dec-22-2010\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayor Bill de Blasio Signs Gas Free NYC Into Law \u2013 Dec. 22, 2010 - 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