New York City lawmakers are poised to decide whether to prohibit most new buildings from using natural gas, a move that would make the nation's most populous city a showcase for a climate-change-fighting policy that has been both embraced and blocked around the country. Brittainy Newman/AP Show More Show Less 4 of13 Eric Weltman, senior organizer of Food & Water Watch, rallies alongside climate activists from the #GasFreeNYC coalition and elected officials, on Wednesday, Dec. Brittainy Newman/AP Show More Show Less 3 of13 Pamela Stewart Martinez rallies alongside climate activists from the #GasFreeNYC coalition and elected officials, on Wednesday, Dec. Brittainy Newman/AP Show More Show Less 2 of13 New York City Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel rallies alongside climate activists from the #GasFreeNYC coalition and elected officials on Wednesday, Dec.
1 of13 Climate activists from the #GasFreeNYC coalition and elected officials rally in City Hall Park on Wednesday, Dec.