Food Revolution Prompts Entrepreneurs to Make It in New York
Jul 28, 2011
Photos by Julia Vitullo-Martin Danny Lyu makes Mexican sandwiches at Entrepreneur Space in Queens and sells them at the Smorgasburg in Brooklyn. Despite once being a legendary city for food manufacturing -- Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:24 AM)
Food Policy Offers Tasty Morsels, Not a Complete Meal
Jul 25, 2011
Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdb/ Tiffany B Red Hook's Added Valaue Farm provides work and training for area teenagers while growing healthy food in a community where that can be hard to come Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:23 AM)
School Boilers Set to Go from Filthy to Not Quite So Filthy
Jul 21, 2011
Photo by Ian Westcott An old public service announcement in the subways advised New Yorkers to keep their furnaces clean. Decades later, building boilers still account for a major share Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:10 AM)
From Garbage Dump to Energy Source
Jul 05, 2011
Photo by James Dunn Since the Fresh Kills Landfill closed in 2001, city and state officials have begun trying to turn it into a park, but the process will take decades. For Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 04:33 PM)
Budget Cuts Could Beach Some City Swimmers
Jun 08, 2011
Photo by Jason Lewis, Gotham Gazette With four pools facing closure, Brooklyn's Double-D Pool could look like this all summer long. The heat of the late-afternoon sun beats down on the dry Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:12 PM)
City Brownfield Program Cleans Sites, But Who Benefits?
May 31, 2011
Photo by Edward Reed Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn were among the city officials participating in a ceremonial groundbreaking at a Williamsburg brownfield last month. On the Monday Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:09 AM)
Trying to Create a More Permeable New York
May 19, 2011
Photo by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation The city's Greenstreets program -- offering planting on small bits of land -- is part of its effort to create a Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:09 AM)
Keeping Watch on the Plan for a Greener New York
May 11, 2011
The release of the updated PlaNYC2030 on the day before Earth Day this year elicited a giant yawn from both the press and policy analysts. The initial plan, Mayor Michael Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:09 AM)
Bloomberg Environmental Plan Offers Lots of Parts, Little Controversy
Apr 22, 2011
Spencer T. Tucker Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his updated sustainability plan in Harlem on Thursday. Four years ago Mayor Michael Bloomberg stood in the cavernous ocean life room at the Museum of Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:12 PM)
Fracking Fight Sparks Intense Lobbying
Apr 21, 2011
Ari Moore Natural gas drilling is already taking place in Pennsylvania near the New York border. In 2008, companies with a stake in natural gas drilling in New York spent a Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 01:34 PM) |