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Local Law 97: Environmentalists split as Adams admin rolls out finalized rules for landmark climate law

By Ben Brachfeld
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Queens

Queens council member warns of overflowing trash cans at city parks due to Mayor’s budget cuts

By Rachel Butler
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Queens

Op-ed: The better path to environmental sustainability for co-op, condo owners

By Former U.S. Congressman Tom Suozzi
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Brooklyn

Lawmakers say influx of e-commerce warehouses has spiked greenhouse gas emissions in Red Hook, urge regulation

By Isabel Song Beer
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Environment

Op-ed | Investing in clean, green public space for all New Yorkers

By Mayor Eric Adams
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Staten Island

Public park and wildlife sanctuary comes to Staten Island’s Freshkills, formerly the world’s largest landfill

By Gabriele Holtermann
Brooklyn

Restler proposes legislation to prepare and protect New Yorkers during air quality emergencies

By Isabel Song Beer
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Brooklyn

Curbside compost collection starting in Brooklyn on Monday

By Ben Brachfeld
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Environment

NYC FLOODING | Mayor Adams defends speed of admin’s response to torrential rain, flash floods across city

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Environment

Hochul unveils roadmap for New York state schools to transition from gas-powered to electric buses

By Sarah Belle Lin
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Environment

Taking to the streets: Thousands of climate protesters march to end fossil fuels in Midtown

By Dean Moses & Gabriele Holtermann
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Environment

Landlords could get two-year break on Local Law 97 penalties if they demonstrate ‘good faith’ effort to decarbonize

By Ben Brachfeld
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Housing & Homelessness

City Planning Commission approves Adams’ zoning overhaul for climate sustainability

By Ben Brachfeld
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Long Island

Judge Prompts Review of Truck Beach Lawyer

By Timothy Bolger
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Long Island

Plaintiffs Awarded Fees in East Hampton Airport Case

By Timothy Bolger
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Environment

NYC Council passes Public Advocate’s bill to incentivize green building projects citywide

By Nelson A. King
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Brooklyn

Cold war! Restler introduces legislation banning ice cream trucks from using fossil fuels

By Isabel Song Beer
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Long Island

Gillibrand Announces Bill to Address Chemical Contamination 

By Evie Brimberg
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Queens

Assembly speaker joins Queens lawmaker on tour of Jamaica Bay in Far Rockaway

By John Schilling
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The Bronx

Proposed 34K-seat cricket stadium in Van Cortlandt Park could face crippling legal, legislative hurdles

By Emily Forgash
Environment

Adams admin urged to finalize rules for landmark building emissions law after month of extreme weather

By Ben Brachfeld
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Queens

Queens lawmakers call on governor to sign bill that would require freight trains to cover waste cargo at New York and Atlantic Railway in Glendale

By Anthony Medina
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Environment

Compelled to compost: City Council supermajority passes mandatory food waste bill, likely conflicting with mayor’s voluntary program

By Ethan Stark-Miller
Environment

THE BIG HAZE: Air quality alert for New York remains Thursday as Canadian wildfire smoke won’t go away just yet

By Christian Murray, Dean Moses, Sarah Belle Lin, Ethan Stark-Miller and Robert Pozarycki

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