1 posts, read 5,203 times 11,744 posts, read 24,758,563 times Originally Posted by reelbiggecko Print out the Local Law, and highlight the part that state buildings six stories and over need then, and then slip it under their door. "The man who sleeps on the floor, can never fall out of bed." -Martin Lawrence 208 posts, read 323,479 times 14,702 posts, read 18,128,937 times 2,839 posts, read 2,489,038 times Originally Posted by SeventhFloorAnd if I wanted to be really annoying, I'd slip them under every door so that everyone knows they're going to be ripped off. 1,062 posts, read 1,651,085 times 108 posts, read 186,615 times 1,282 posts, read 1,160,067 times 3,072 posts, read 2,642,965 times Originally Posted by high ironBut I tipped him cause he did a top notch job. Originally Posted by grvthang From what I read, the law applies if your building is greater than six stories or your building is six stories over a basement.

Rangel wins primary, Jeffries beats Barron Never Miss a Story Get The Post delivered directly to your inbox By clicking above you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.New York City’s energy provider is playing it cool this summer by turning regular window-unit air conditioners into remote-access “smartACs,” and it’s free to customers.Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE:ED), locally known as ConEd, is partnering with device maker ThinkEco to provide free plug-in "smartAC" units that allow customers to control their window air conditioners from an iPhone or Android smartphone.ConEd is providing up to five free devices per household in a bid to reduce energy demand. The program does have a single caveat, though, called the demand response program. Up to five times throughout the summer (which ConEd defines as May through October), ConEd will have“events” where they will remotely increase the temperature at which your AC turns on, with the goal of reducing the strain on the power grid on peak days.

ConEd says it will notify customers via email a day in advance of the event, and consumers can opt out of each event individually.ThinkEco’s Modlet, short for “modern electrical outlet,” is a Wi-Fi-enabled device that connects an AC unit to the Internet via an electrical outlet adapter. The Modlet then connects to a wireless thermometer, which can turn on or turn off your AC unit.This is the fourth year that ConEd is running its CoolNYC energy initiative. built-in wall ac unitsThe utility wants the CoolNYC program to help reduce the load on the metropolis’ energy grid, saying that “there are over 6 million window air conditioners in New York City, which together contribute 20 percent of summertime electricity demand.”does portable ac unit workBy using a smartphone app, consumers can remotely monitor and adjust their apartment’s temperature, possibly saving money by turning off the air conditioning after they have left their homes. ac units future shop

Additionally, customers can begin cooling their apartments before going home so they're comfortable by the time they get there.ConEd will, of course, monitor customers' AC usage to better understand electricity needs and habits. “The goal is to reduce overall energy use, while keeping [customers’] homes cool,” said a company statement.Customers who sign up for the program will have to install the smartAC system by the end of July, or return the devices to ThinkEco. If the devices are not returned, customers will be charged $139 per device.As an added benefit, ConEd is further incentivizing customers with a $25 gift card given at the end of the summer. BusinessOch-Ziff To Pay $412M To Settle Bribery Charges TechnologyWhat To Expect From Google's Oct 4th Event WorldScientists Learn A Little More About How Planets Form NationalTracking Hurricane MatthewIn April 2009, Mayor Bloomberg signed a bill giving NYC the toughest laws against vehicular idling, with stiff fines for repeat offenders.

Three months later, AP reporters caught the mayor repeatedly flouting the law, with his chauffeur and security detail sometimes leaving their engines running for an hour while waiting for the mayor. Bloomberg had to apologize, but ever since he's presumably had a team of engineers working around the clock to come up with a solution to keep his SUV cool when he's not in it. Well, they finally had a major breakthrough, and yesterday they did some beta-testing! As you can see from these photos obtained by the NY Post, they're experimenting with a high-tech solution that will enable the mayor to step into a pre-chilled, hypocrisy-free SUV. To be honest, the science at work here is beyond our primitive understanding, but to put it in layman's terms, it seems engineers have connected what appears to be a standard residential A.C. unit onto the rear window of Bloomberg's SUV. Then, using a complicated series of "extension cords" and—no doubt—some sort of nuclear fusion, the A.C. unit will be "plugged in" to an electrical power source.

At press time, it was unclear how many miles of extension cord the mayor will need to conduct official business within the five boroughs, but clearly this innovation will be an enormous boon for New York's troubled extension cord industry. (Rumors that Bloomberg was sourcing the extension cords from Malaysian sweatshops could not be confirmed.) Speaking to the Post, Bloomberg's spokesman said yesterday was just an experiment, adding that "there is far less emissions corresponding to the power of a single air conditioner on the grid than idling a V-8 engine." And by attaching colorful plastic ribbons to the AC's vents, Bloomberg's backseat is bound to be far more festive!Tammy has lived on the 18th floor of the same public housing building her whole life. She didn't have air conditioning — until she could afford to buy her own unit when she was well into her 30s. “A brand new, big, AC,” she said with a laugh. “But it took a long time to get to that point.” Air conditioning in New York City public housing is rare.

Less than half of the homes have air conditioning. That means tens of thousands of some of the lowest income residents don’t. By contrast, almost 90 percent of all New Yorkers have air conditioning. Public housing residents who want air conditioning need to get approval from the New York City Housing Authority. Residents have to pay to remove the bars from their windows, and pay to get the unit professionally installed. Tenants even have to show the housing authority the receipt. There’s also a yearly $120 fee for each window unit. “And then it’s just like an ongoing surcharge, forever,” Tammy said. “‘Cause I tried to find out, ‘Well, how long does this go on?’” Tammy, her three children and their dad have another air conditioner that the housing authority doesn’t know about it. They didn’t ask for approval and they're not paying the usage fee, which is why we aren't using her real name. “Many people looking at people in public housing think, like, ‘oh these people are trying to get over,” she said.

“Maybe they're just hot and they can’t afford that.”  weather journal launched The Harlem Heat Project to find out how hot it gets in the homes of Harlem residents. The organizations built temperature sensors which, with the help of We-ACT for Environmental Justice, are being placed in Harlem homes with minimal air conditioning to measure heat and humidity around the clock. It’s still too early to get the full picture, but so far homes are reaching 90 and sometimes 95 degrees Fahrenheit, in terms of the "feels-like" temperature, which combines heat and humidity. And when it gets cooler outside, like at night, we found that it still stays hot inside. Electricity is included in the rent for public housing tenants, so the air conditioning fee is meant to offset some the extra electricity the machines use. “The authority absorbs the additional costs of around-the-clock AC use by some tenants,” a housing authority spokesman said. “At the same time, the authority is on the on the brink of financial crisis with $17 billion in unmet capital needs.”

If Tammy gets caught, the housing authority can make her pay retroactively. And they do find out, says Veronica Moss, Tammy's neighbor, who one recent day was sitting in the courtyard of the public housing complex. “They come here and they look at your apartment and they count,” said Moss, looking up at the windows. “They count your AC.” There’s a letter painted under the windows assigned to each apartment line on the ground floor of the building. So if inspectors from the authority look up at the 21-story tower, they can see which apartments have air conditioning and check them against a list of approved units. According to the housing authority, illegal AC units can overwhelm the electrical system and cause power outages. “All landlords are required by law to provide heat in the winter,” the spokesman said. The agency “is not required by law to provide air conditioning.” But Prathap Ramamurthy, an assistant professor at the City College of New York who studies urban climates, says there should be a law.

“The housing authority, or the government, built these huge constructions,” he said. And big buildings store heat. “People inside these apartments are exposed to very high heat stress.” “I live on the 17th floor and you cannot live on that floor without AC in the summer time. It’s just impossible,” Ramamurthy said. “Except that we find people actually do, which is really, really, really bad.” The Health Department estimates 140 New Yorkers died from excess heat in 2013. That’s the same number of pedestrians in New York who were killed by cars that year. “So, if you're worried about people dying from car accidents, then you should be concerned about people dying from heat,” Ramamurthy said. And deaths are just one measure. About 600 New Yorkers go to the hospital each year for serious heat illnesses, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Michelle Holmes and her daughter live in a two bedroom on the 6th floor of a massive public housing complex built on the site of the old New York Giants baseball stadium, the Polo Grounds.