Environment Archives – Page 8 of 21 – Politics NY

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Brooklyn

Future of New York City power focus of Schneps Media’s New York Energy Conference

By Ximena Del Cerro and Meaghan McGoldrick

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Queens

Southeast Queens lawmaker introduces measure to address state’s plastic waste crisis

By Bill Parry

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Queens

Queens councilman introduces legislation to create Department of Sustainability and Climate Change under one commissioner

By Ethan Marshall

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On Earth Day, Mayor still noncommittal on fully funding building efficiency law

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Hochul unveils clean energy OMNY buses for Earth Day

By Isabel Song Beer

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Being ‘bold enough to face the future’: Adams, Hochul and former President Clinton laud Empire State Building’s new green tech

By Dean Moses

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Activists gather in front of ticking Climate Clock to demand action against fossil fuels, utilities

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Dean Moses

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Queens

City launches new ‘Clean Curbs’ pilot program using containerized waste bins, plans to expand to Queens

By Bill Parry

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Queens

Southeast Queens lawmaker to deliver Earth Day address while standing in the Rockaway surf

By Bill Parry

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Schneps Media to host New York Energy Conference this month

By Aidan Seiden

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Queens

Waterfront Alliance secures federal funding for climate resilience plan for Flushing Meadows Corona Park

By Bill Parry

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Advocates call on Mayor Adams and City Council to retrofit public schools with green infrastructure

By Isabel Song Beer

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Feds give city disaster relief cash infusion

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Advocates host rally in support of ‘1% for parks’ in New York City

By Isabel Song Beer

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Advocates, pols call for $15 billion of climate funding in state budget

By Ben Brachfeld

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Queens

Astoria lawmaker calls on state regulators to reject NRG appeal for permit to replace power plant

By Bill Parry

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Queens

Queens lawmakers call for ‘desperately needed’ Hurricane Ida relief fund to be included in state budget

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Queens

Queens borough president hears over 200 testimonies during preliminary budget hearing

By Julia Moro

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Comptroller, climate activists, call for Adams to fund building emissions law

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Business

Con Edison tells state its rolling back supply charges as New Yorkers fear more sticker shock on utility bills

By Robert Pozarycki

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Schumer says Newtown Creek, other Superfund sites should benefit from $3.5b toward ‘orphan’ sites

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Courts

Unions testify during City Council civil service and labor hearing for improved workers’ rights

By Isabel Song Beer

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Queens Chamber of Commerce announces new initiative to increase energy efficiency across borough

By Bill Parry

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NYC unions rally behind ambitious new climate action plans

By Isabel Song Beer

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CM Riley, Roads to Success and AIMHIGH sponsoring 40 Bronx youths to attend financial empowerment conference

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025.

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Ridgewood mother and daughter arrested for attacking woman over parking spot: NYPD

NY: A Night at Niblo’s Garden – Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery honors William Niblo with sold-out Victorian spectacle