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OPINION: A 34th Avenue Linear Park Would Be a Haven for Kids
Children in Jackson Heights are starved for green space and safety — which is why the neighborhood needs a linear park.
May 28, 2021
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: 34th Ave. Residents Describe Joy, Safety of Open Street
Kids can be kids. Friends can meet friends. And neighbors can feel like they live in a neighborhood again. That's the unmistakable takeaway from Streetfilms' latest effort to share the simple joy of having the city's best open street in your neighborhood.
May 14, 2021
THAT’S RICH: The Wealthy are Mostly Benefitting from State’s E-Car Rebate
Are we encouraging the switch to electric cars — or just encouraging the rich to switch to electric cars?
April 26, 2021
OPINION: The Time To Cap the Cross Bronx Is Now
President Biden's infrastructure bill creates an opening for rectifying a deadly historical wrong.
April 23, 2021
KOMANOFF: Don’t Regulate NYC Helicopter Flights, End Them
A noise, fuel and open space gives a preview of his City Council testimony on Wednesday.
February 16, 2021
How to Electrify the Nation’s School Buses
It will take forever to electrify our transit systems, but yellow school buses could be switched over within the decade, a new report says.
February 13, 2021
THE STRINGER PLAN: Buses, Buses, Buses — And Pedestrianized Zones, Bike Highways and Far Fewer Placards
The comptroller candidate would build more bike lanes, pedestrianize more of the city, completely reform parking rules, massively reduce the issuance of parking placards to city employees, boost transit and reduce community boards' power.
February 10, 2021
Lithium Mining and the Hidden Environmental Costs of EVs
The Green New Deal is clearly better than our carbon-based catastrophic course. But it also depends on massive amounts of lithium — and extracting it will carry a big environmental cost of its own.
February 9, 2021
Mayor Wrong About Bill to Put $3 Surcharge on Non-Essential Amazon Orders: Pol
In his weekly "Ask the Mayor" segment on WNYC on Friday morning, Mayor de Blasio mischaracterized a Brooklyn Assembly Member's proposed bill to put a surcharge on non-essential online retail orders to curb pollution and road violence.
December 11, 2020
Parks Department Closes Environmental Facility to Create a Parking Lot
They evicted paradise to fill up a parking lot.
November 19, 2020
