Environment Archives – Politics NY

Exclusive: CM Erik Bottcher and West Side electeds implore DSNY for clean Manhattan streets

By Dean Moses

‘Welcome to the future’: Hochul and New York legislators celebrate start of off-shore wind industry

By Isabel Song Beer

Business

New York and New Jersey team up to seek new major offshore wind farms in the region

By Julia Moro

Kavanagh, Gallagher demand Hochul ban new gas hookup this year

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Former councilmember Stephen Levin to step into new CEO role at Solar One

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Rockaway lawmaker applauds signing of landmark water safety bill

By Bill Parry

Carroll’s cement-regulation legislation gets signature from Hochul

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Queens

Queens lawmakers highlight federal infrastructure bill and critical funding for the borough

By Carlotta Mohamed

Several derelict boats removed as part of cleanup initiative in Jamaica Bay

By Paul Frangipane and Angélica Acevedo

Through chainsaws and woodchips: Inside the East Side war over coastal resiliency project at waterfront park

By Dean Moses

City officials announce $2.5M flood-reducing green project in Queens Village

By Carlotta Mohamed

Governor signs Nourish NY legislation into law in Flushing Meadows Corona Park

By Bill Parry

Hochul announces energy efficient upgrades for affordable housing units

By Bronx Times

Southeast Queens lawmaker allocates funding to prevent illegal dumping and cleanup hotspots

By Carlotta Mohamed

Astoria lawmaker urges Hochul to review National Grid’s downstate rate hikes

By Bill Parry

Hochul signs Biaggi and Septimo’s bill to reduce emissions of air pollutants

By Bronx Times

U.S. is back with a new approach to climate policy, says lawmaker Ocasio-Cortez

By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

Activists tell a scary Halloween story in their fight against East Side Coastal Resiliency Project

By Dean Moses

From Hunts Point to Riverdale, the Bronx rallies behind climate justice now

By Bronx Times

Nine years after Sandy, Queens, Brooklyn Congress members call for Jamaica Bay protections

By Bill Parry

Construction starts on long-awaited Fresh Creek storm resiliency project

By Ben Brachfeld

DEC denies permits for NRG’s proposed Gas Turbine Power Plant in Astoria

By Julia Moro

City pumping $110M into climate change resiliency project for Seaport District

By Mark Hallum

Climate protesters block FDR Drive and West Side Highway in rush hour demonstrations, 33 arrests made

By Robert Pozarycki

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