Section 24-803. Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming  


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  • a. (1) Reduction of emissions citywide. There shall  be,  at minimum, a thirty percent reduction in citywide emissions by calendar
      year  2030,  relative  to  such emissions for the base year for citywide
      emissions.
        (2)  The  emissions  reduction  required  by  paragraph  one  of  this
      subdivision  shall be achieved through the applicable policies, programs
      and actions included in PlaNYC, and any  additional  policies,  programs
      and actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global
      warming.  If  the office determines that such emissions reduction is not
      feasible despite the best efforts of city government, such office  shall
      report  such findings and make recommendations with respect to policies,
      programs and actions that may be undertaken to achieve such reductions.
        b. Reduction of emissions from city government operations.  (1)  There
      shall  be,  at  minimum,  a  thirty percent reduction in city government
      emissions by calendar year 2017, relative to such emissions for the base
      year for city government emissions.
        (2)  The  emissions  reduction  required  by  paragraph  one  of  this
      subdivision  shall be achieved through the applicable policies, programs
      and actions included in PlaNYC, and any  additional  policies,  programs
      and actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global
      warming.  If  the office determines that such emissions reduction is not
      feasible despite the best efforts of city government, such office  shall
      report  such findings and make recommendations with respect to policies,
      programs and actions that may be undertaken to achieve such reductions.
        c. Carbon dioxide equivalent emission inventories. (1) No  later  than
      September 17, 2008, and no later than every September 17 thereafter, the
      office  shall complete and post on its website an inventory and analysis
      of citywide emissions measured in  carbon  dioxide  equivalent  for  the
      previous  calendar  year,  and  shall calculate the percentage change in
      citywide emissions  measured  in  carbon  dioxide  equivalent  for  such
      calendar year, relative to such emissions for the base year for citywide
      emissions.
        (2)  No  later  than  September  17,  2008,  and  no  later than every
      September 17 thereafter, the office  shall  complete  and  post  on  its
      website  an inventory and analysis of city government emissions measured
      in carbon dioxide equivalent for the fiscal year ending in the  previous
      calendar  year,  and  shall  calculate  the  percentage  change  in city
      government emissions measured in  carbon  dioxide  equivalent  for  such
      calendar  year,  relative  to  such emissions for the base year for city
      government emissions.
        d. Voluntary global warming emissions reduction program. The effort to
      reduce citywide emissions set forth in subdivision  a  of  this  section
      shall  include,  but not be limited to, voluntary programs developed and
      implemented no later than March 1, 2009, that encourage private entities
      operating within the city of New York to commit to  reducing  their  own
      greenhouse  gas  emissions measured in carbon dioxide equivalent to help
      facilitate the citywide emissions reduction effort.