Samantha Maldonado
A block in Hollis, Queens, where a family died during Hurricane Ida is now considered a state priority. But a similar block in Woodside isn’t on the final map.
The Street Vendor Project hopes rechargeable electric power supplies can improve air quality and reduce fossil fuel use.
Warmer weather and other ecosystem shifts have the city’s gardeners and foresters staring at ‘existential questions in horticulture.’
Though too toxic to eat, the seaweed in Newtown Creek, Gowanus Bay and the East River could suck up carbon and pollutants, bolstering marine ecosystems.
Hempstead once passed plans to spur apartments near LIRR stations. Now it’s extending a development moratorium.
While the new EV taxi licenses are in demand and many new charging stations are coming, those who already made the electric switch say powering up now is a headache.
Lower-income households could see as much as $15,000 in emergency cash assistance after an extreme deluge.
The measures restrict the sale of certain types of e-bikes and the batteries that power them and ban “second-use” batteries.
Though lithium-ion batteries for use in e-bikes have caused a rise in fires in the city, the batteries used in energy storage systems are fundamentally different — and the city has strict regulations to mitigate fire risk.