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The Climate Litigation Database

Association of Contracting Plumbers of the City of New York v. City of New York

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / New York
Date
2023
Document type
Litigation
Part of
Association of Contracting Plumbers of the City of New York v. City of New York

About this case

Filing year
2023
Status
Brief filed by the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at N.Y.U. School of Law as amicus curiae in support of defendant-appellee and for affirmance.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → New York
Docket number
25-977
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Second Circuit (2d Cir.)
Case category
Constitutional Claims → Other Constitutional Claims
Principal law
United States → Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)United States → Local LawsUnited States → New York City Local Law 154 of 2021United States → Supremacy Clause
At issue
Challenge to a New York City ordinance that prohibits combustion equipment with carbon dioxide emission levels over a certain threshold in new buildings.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Summary
Document
11/06/2025
Amicus Motion/Brief
Brief filed by the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at N.Y.U. School of Law as amicus curiae in support of defendant-appellee and for affirmance.
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11/06/2025
Amicus Motion/Brief
Brief filed by amici curiae National League of Cities and the New York Conference of Mayors in support of defendant-appellee.
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11/06/2025
Amicus Motion/Brief
Brief filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council as amicus curiae supporting defendant-appellee.
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11/06/2025
Amicus Motion/Brief
Brief filed by amicus curiae Public Health Law Center supporting defendant-appellee and affirmance.
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11/06/2025
Amicus Motion/Brief
Brief filed by Sierra Club as amicus curiae supporting defendant-appellee.
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11/06/2025
Amicus Motion/Brief
Brief filed by District of Columbia and state and local governments as amici curiae in support of defendant-appellee and affirmance.
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11/06/2025
Amicus Motion/Brief
Brief filed by amicus curiae WE ACT for Environmental Justice in support of defendant-appellee.
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10/30/2025
Brief
Brief filed by defendant-appellee.
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08/07/2025
Amicus Motion/Brief
Brief filed for United States as amicus curiae supporting appellants.
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07/31/2025
Brief
Brief filed by plaintiffs-appellants.
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Summary

Challenge to a New York City ordinance that prohibits combustion equipment with carbon dioxide emission levels over a certain threshold in new buildings.