New York's climate change law shifting the state to renewable forms of energy will have impacts on virtually everything residents do, from how people commute to work, to their utility bills and even how they mow their lawns. 

Lawmakers like state Sen. Kevin Parker have been introducing a range of bills over the last several years to help that transition and meet the benchmarks as required under the legislation. 

"What we're looking to do is figure out what the next steps are," Parker said in a Capital Tonight interview on Wednesday. "Now we actually have to meet those goals which have us at net zero by 2050. So we have about 28 years to get there."

That includes creating disincentives for New Yorkers and corporations alike to no longer use fossil and carbon-based fuels while also raising $15 billion for clean energy projects in the process. 

"We don't have to do everything at one time," he said. "I think there's going to be a gradual shift, so we don't have to go from gas vehicles to everyone having an electric vehicle."

Parker added the legislation he's calling for will include efforts to bolster education efforts for homeowners to use less energy in the near term.