Left Furious with NY Gov Hochul for Blocking Gas Ban Hookup Law

A couple of weeks ago, we told you that a pending lawsuit had stalled the implementation of the All-Electric Buildings Act (passed in 2023), which was supposed to require that any new home or business being built in New York could not (by law) connect to natural gas (see NY’s Jan. 1 Ban on New Gas Hookups Delayed by Lawsuit). We told you that Gov. Hochul agreed to delay the law's implementation while the lawsuit plays out. But there's much more to the story, just coming to light. It seems that Hochul wants to use the lawsuit to overturn the law! That's called "sue-and-settle," something the left typically uses to push through unpopular regulations that it can't get via the legislature. It seems that Hochul is now using it in reverse (against her own party), which we find hilarious.

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