“If New York City’s buildings can be a model for climate-friendly real estate development, that’s a model that people are hungry for,” said Ben Furnas, the outgoing director of the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Sustainability and an architect of landmark green-building policies such as Local Law 97, which sets aggressive targets for slashing carbon emissions in larger buildings, and a ban on gas in new buildings.

Furnas sat down with The Real Deal for a wide-ranging conversation about how New York’s built environment will be transformed by policies put in place by Bill de Blasio — he described his boss as the “most ambitious climate mayor in America” — and why he thinks the Eric Adams administration will continue the march toward a greener real estate landscape.

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