City Council Majority Leader Keith Powers presides over a session of the chamber on December 6. A bill he sponsored that would install citywide noise cameras–the “Stop the Noise” Act–was signed into law that day. ( Photo via New York City Council ) “Stop The Noise” Act Passes City Council; Consider Fixing Your Muffler To Avoid Fines The “Stop Spreading the Noise” Act, which will make noise cameras part of NYC’s traffic infrastructure and give a boost to... News 20 Dec 2023 | 01:48
From left to right: Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, District 4 Council Member Keith Powers, and Chair of the NY City Council Health Committee Lynn C. Shulman at a press conference in front of the Manhattan Municipal Building. They were promoting a suite of bills introduced by Powers that aim to standardize and improve indoor air quality after last month’s orange skies. ( Photo by Jack Ahern ) After Orange Skies, Keith Powers Introduces Indoor Air Quality Bills At Mark Levine’s Request Keith Powers has introduced a set of new bills with the intention of standardizing indoor air quality for New Yorkers, with... News 17 Jul 2023 | 10:40
Overhead view of brownfield site on East 78th and First Ave. that DEC says must be cleaned up before developer can begin building new 35 story luxury condo tower. Public comment period is now open. Photo: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Developer Wants to Build Lux Condos on E. 78th St, but DEC Says: Clean Up Brownfield Before Building 35 Story Tower A San Francisco real estate developer bought the quarter acre lot at E. 78th St. and First Ave. for $73.5 million late last... News 13 Feb 2023 | 11:29
Members of CB1’s Waterfront, Parks & Cultural Committee met online to discuss a possible sequel to the “Million Trees” initiative. Photo: Abigail Gruskin The City May Be In For a Million More Trees It won’t happen overnight, but the city may be destined to grow more green. A sequel to the “Million Trees” initiative, this... News 18 Nov 2022 | 12:31
Replate’s delivery service picks up surplus food from businesses, restaurants and other food vendors. Photo courtesy of Replate Technology Meets Food Waste and Food Insecurity Replate is bridging the gap between food waste and food insecurity by simultaneously addressing both issues. The innovative... News 21 Sep 2022 | 12:47
Mayor Eric Adams (right) and Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch (second from left) announced the launch a curbside composting program starting this fall, in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, on August 8, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The Dirt on Composting in NYC From banana peels to eggshells, we all leave a multicolored mess of food waste in the trash daily. We throw out so much food... News 12 Aug 2022 | 12:11
A small version of the clock on the Union Square building shows the clock’s “Deadline” (in red) and “Lifelines” (in blue). Photo by: Meryl Phair The Climate Clock in Union Square Counts Down From Seven Years to Six On a heat-baked afternoon in Union Square, a crowd gathered in the shade of Liholt Triangle Park. A couple of minutes before... Home 26 Jul 2022 | 01:46
Cup Zero’s reusable drinkware is used on Classic Harbor Line’s Manhattan boat tours. Photo: Meryl Phair Tackling Single-Use Waste with Cup Zero Aboard Classic Harbor Line’s America 2.0 schooner, the guests on the day sail to the Statue of Liberty sit back and enjoy... News 08 Jun 2022 | 10:11
At Pier 62 on the drizzly first day of the Climate Change Tour. Photo: Meryl Phair A Climate Change-Themed Boat Tour The inaugural Climate Change Tour by Classic Harbor Line and the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY)... News 08 May 2022 | 03:51
The new Flag Project installation at Rockefeller Center. Photo: Meryl Phair ‘Only One Earth’: Rockefeller Center’s Flag Project on Climate Change The flags at Rockefeller Center wave in the wind, rippling in a kaleidoscope of designs. The colorful flags ring the central... News 14 Apr 2022 | 10:17
Central Park in late February. Photo: Meryl Phair Climate Change Research Begins in Central Park Central Park is a green oasis in a concrete city. Its crisscrossing pathways offer a refuge from the hubbub of traffic for... News 03 Mar 2022 | 09:13
City Council Member Keith Powers at the food-scrap drop-off event. Photo: John McCarten Powers Promotes Composting for Earth Day Council Member Keith Powers kicked off Earth Day activities early on Wednesday with the opening of a food scrap drop-off... News 21 Apr 2021 | 05:59
Anna Sacks is known online as “The Trash Walker” for saving items from people’s garbage collections. (Photo: Sami Roberts) The Future of Composting On July 1, the results of New York City’s fiscal budget meeting were in. Many New Yorkers were involved and interested, likely... News 23 Jul 2020 | 04:43
DSNY tote bag. ( Photo courtesy of Assembly Member Richard Gottfried) Plastic Puzzler On Sunday, March 1, New York joins California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon, Vermont and a handful of cities... News 24 Feb 2020 | 10:44
Greta Thunberg (left) with Naomi Klein at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. ( Photo: Becca Tucker) Greta Thunberg and 'Shop Stop' We saw Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist who has lit the climate resistance on fire, speak at... News 10 Oct 2019 | 11:02
