The Rinse of Tides: Neighborhood Plagued by Monthly Flooding Sees Hope in Sea Gates
A house sits off the Hawtree Basin near Jamaica Bay in Queens.Samantha/Maldonado Ever since Superstorm Sandy ravaged his neighborhood of...
Environment
F-ed Up: Buildings Get Failing Efficiency Grades Following Con Ed Snafu
This Brooklyn Heights building has its grade displayed as required, Nov. 4, 2022.Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY New energy efficiency grades...
Public Housing Tenants Struggle Against the ‘Slow Violence’ of Industrial Pollution
Elisha Fye in his neighbor’s home at the Cooper Park Houses in Brooklyn. November 18, 2022.Adam Mahoney/Capital B This story...
City Building Owners Looking to Get Ahead of 2024 Environmental Regulations
Buildings in New York City larger than 25,000 square feet will have to pay fines if they go over carbon...
State Climate Council Picks Path to Lofty Green-Economy Goals
Traffic heads up Tenth Avenue in Manhattan in June. Transportation is one of the top contributors to climate change.Ben Fractenberg/THE...
Battery Energy Storage Systems Will Make the City Greener — and They’re a Lot Safer Than E-Bike Batteries
A giant lithium-ion rechargeable battery in a retrofitted shipping container sat on a roof at the Barclays Center, Feb. 28,...
See Walls: Army Corps’ Citywide Coastal Storm Plan Takes Shape, Steals Views
This rendering released by the Army Corps of Engineers shows a proposed floodwall, about 20 feet tall, along the Hudson...
LES and Chinatown Residents Sue To Halt New Towers in Two Bridges, Citing New NY Constitutional Right to Clean Air
A Lower East Side resident held an anti-Two Bridges development placard, Oct. 21, 2022.Stephon Johnson/THE CITY As construction is slated...
TLC Pushes Electric Rides, But Drivers Say a Good Charger Is Hard to Find
Livery driver Oscar Saldana sits in front of Harlem’s East El Barrio Car Service, March 1, 2023.Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY The...
Wagner Park Safe From Bulldozers for Now as Suit Filed to Stop Waterfront Revamp
A clear day in May at Wagner Park, on Manhattan’s southern tip, includes a Statue of Liberty view.Samantha Maldonado/THE CITY...
