New York Republican Criticizes State’s Plan to Phase Out Gas Stoves

Rob Ortt, the Republican minority leader in the New York State Senate, has argued that new legislation banning gas stoves will harm everyday consumers but won’t meaningfully reduce carbon emissions.
The proposed gas stove legislation would prohibit the installation of “fossil fuel equipment” and building systems in the construction of new one-family and smaller multi-family homes, beginning Dec. 31, 2025. The same prohibition applies to larger multi-family homes and commercial buildings starting Dec. 31, 2028.
The Democrat-led state legislature is currently considering attaching the new fossil fuel building regulations to a $227 billion budget bill that focuses more broadly on how the state will phase out the use of fossil fuels in the coming years….}