Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to ban gas stoves in new buildings by 2028 – but her critics say she is full of hot air considering her gas stoves.
The pushback is targeting Hochul’s personal use of fossil fuels on gas ranges at the Executive Mansion in Albany and at her private pad in Buffalo.
Critics say the gas stoves at the Executive Mansion — and the range documented in Hochul’s social media feeds — belie Hochul’s stated aim to confront climate change. Assemblyman Jarett Gandolfo noted how Hochul, the highest paid governor in the country, could accumulate more political capital for her environmental agenda by first going green at her own residences.
Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay called Hochul “hypocritical” for having gas stoves while pushing future bans affecting new buildings.The governor says the state can’t meet it’s carbon-emissions reduction goal unless gas stoves are phased out.“No one is taking away anyone’s gas stoves,” Crampton-Hays said about the proposal Hochul aims to get approved in the state budget due April 1.
Restauranteurs have expressed concern about getting exemptions to any future restrictions on gas stoves, arguing that cooking by flame offers advantages over electric heat.
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