Dear Editor:

For years, politicians have touted their commitment to “affordable housing”— yet co-ops remain the last stronghold of affordable middle-class homeownership. Where else in NYC can you own your own apartment for $250K?

But Local Law 97 is a threat to that affordability, pushing families toward financial ruin as it phases in over the next few years. LL 97 forces co-ops to spend tens of millions of dollars to switch from affordable, reliable natural gas heating to costly electric heating. And many older buildings like Glen Oaks Village will need to be rewired to increase electric capacity for electric heat, creating crushing special assessments and crippling maintenance increases.

In a co-op, cheap natural gas heating is produced by a single boiler and shared equitably across a

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