A group of New York City lawmakers is urging Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) to expand a tax abatement for special sustainable roofing.
The Green Roof Tax Abatement offers $4.50 in property tax savings for each square foot of roof with vegetation and insulation to combat pollution from runoff and avert sewer flooding.
Comptroller Scott Stringer—who this week announced a mayoral bid—along with State Senator John Liu, and State Assembly Member Nily Rozic, asked de Blasio in a letter Friday to sign an executive order that would raise the cap on the program to $1 million a year from ...