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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)

 

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)