The Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination (MOEC) contributes to making New York City a healthier and more sustainable city by overseeing the city's environmental review process, administering the city's green building program, and advising on other environmental issues.

On March 23, 2012, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development (ODMED), as lead agency for the CEQR environmental review, issued the Notice of Completion for the Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS) for the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Project. This marks the beginning of the public comment period for the DGEIS.  A public hearing on the DGEIS will be held in conjunction with the public hearing on the associated Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) applications at a date to be announced. 

Released! – 2012 Edition of the CEQR Technical Manual
The CEQR Technical Manual has been updated and is effective February 2, 2012. The 2012 Edition provides predominantly clarifying editorial changes, corrections, and updates to reflect new rules, policies, and data.  There is a methodology change for the Community Facility – Schools analysis.  The 2012 version is available as either a complete, single document or as individual chapters.

On October 6, 2011, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, as lead agency, issued the Notice of Completion for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Admirals Row Plaza project, marking the completion of the project’s CEQR environmental review.  A public hearing on the DEIS was held on September 7, 2011 in conjunction with the public hearing on the associated ULURP applications.  The comment period remained open until 5:00 P.M. on Monday, September 19, 2011.

Local Law 86 of 2005, New York City's Green Building Law, requires the preparation of a report each year on the projects subject to its provisions. To provide a comprehensive assessment of the effects of LL86 to date, this third annual report includes projects that started design from January 1, 2007, when the law took effect, through June 30, 2010.

The report is provided in PDF (print version) and Flash formats.  Utilize the page turning feature in the Flash version by clicking on outside corner of each page.

Mayor Issues Executive Order 149 of 2011
Issued by the Mayor on June 27, 2011, Executive Order 149 of 2011 authorizes the Director of MOEC to perform additional duties in conjunction with the Green Building Law and to continue performing the same duties in conjunction with Environmental Review as those authorized by Executive Order 97 of 2006 that it supercedes.
See Executive Order 149 of 2011