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Protecting community gardens

May 01, 2000

At an Earth Day event on the steps of City Hall last week, Council members Ken Fisher and Adolfo Carrion announced new legislation to protect community gardens. City Council members

 

In The News: Pier Pressure

May 01, 2000

 In recent weeks, while the weather still spoke more of winter than spring, the Hudson River Park Trust severed a number of Hudson River piers. With little fanfare, HRPT contractors

 

Recycling Before Exporting: Turning Garbage into Dollars

Apr 10, 2000

Amidst all of the turmoil accompanying the City's long overdue closure of its Fresh Kills Landfill, one bit of good news has been overshadowed: in late 1999, the City's diversion

Last Updated (Friday, March 15, 2013 03:25 PM)

 

Solid Waste

Apr 10, 2000

THE LOWDOWN: Until the mid-1980s, New York City disposed of virtually all of its garbage locally: burying it in landfills or burning it in incinerators. Since then, with time running out

Last Updated (Friday, March 15, 2013 03:30 PM)

 

In The News: Waterfront Primer

Apr 01, 2000

 The City's waterways are a maritime crossroads for a varied group of users and uses. These can generally be divided into six categories: organizational, economic and commercial, historic, environmental,

 

In The News: Field of Dreams in Staten Island?

Mar 01, 2000

A Staten Island conservation group, Protectors of Pine Oak Woods, is fighting a City plan to create a complex of recreational fields in Bloomingdale Park. Staten Island Borough

 

Private Funding of Parks

Feb 07, 2000

Imagine yourself come spring, traipsing through Central Park. With a private nonprofit group raising millions each year to finance upkeep and restoration, the Park has never looked better. But will

Last Updated (Friday, March 15, 2013 03:09 PM)

 

In The News:

Feb 01, 2000

New York State recently acquired a spectacular site on Staten Island's south shore, protecting 194 acres of rolling plains sweeping up to cliffs along Raritan Bay. The land was