On April 18 the New York City Council has passed three bills aimed to reduce greenhouse gases released from buildings in New York City, including Bushwick’s Councilman Rafael Espinal’s bill for green roofs and/or solar panels on newly constructed buildings.

The bill amends the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to requiring that the roofs of certain buildings be covered in green roofs or solar power systems.

“Now more than ever, New Yorkers, and my colleagues, have become aware that climate change is an existential threat that we have to take on and really focus on moving forward,” Espinal told the Brooklyn Eagle. “The U.N. climate report stressed the fact that we are on a limited timeframe.”