NYC landlords seem to be eager to get rid of gas because of the maintenance costs. For one, they have to use licensed gas line plumbers to service the building,

NYC landlords seem to be eager to get rid of gas because of the maintenance costs. For one, they have to use licensed gas line plumbers to service the building, and there are all sorts of safety regulations that have to be followed, all of which adds to the cost. The city takes gas extremely seriously, as does ConEd, and the latter will shut down an installation that isn't considered safe. My apartment had a small gas leak on a gas furnace connection inside the apartment, and ConEd came and locked the gas meter. My landlord dragged his feet for more than a year because a plumber would cost him around $2,500 to inspect the equipment and do the necessary DOB paperwork. He actually chewed me out for reporting the leak to ConEd instead of going directly to him first (because then he could have used his unlicensed guys). Other people in the building said he was trying to all the tenants to go electric — in an old Brooklyn warehouse with no insulation or modern heating. The only heating alternative he could offer was little space heaters he got off Amazon, and he refused to educate himself about heat pumps.