Every time I see De Blasio in the news I keep thinking, "Is he still in office? Isn't someone else supposed to be mayor now?"
Not that I have high hopes, but he's making a dramatic exit for sure!
During one of the storms last year I lost power for about two weeks. If I didn't have a gas stove I would starve to death.
I think something people forget about electricity is that it needs to be generated and the means of delivery need to be produced, transported, and installed using heavy machinery. It's never a "clean" process. Compare it to the marginal difference in pollution from the average household's year of cooking, it can't be a huge improvement.
The bigger problem with NYC buildings is most of them are pre war and falling apart on the inside. I can't imagine any landlord wanting to do any major changes if it means they have to buy everyone expensive electric ranges.