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For months volunteers at dozens of community gardens have wondered which ones might be targeted for affordable housing. Our partners at Brooklyn Deep were in the room when gardeners learned…

ByCole Rosengren 10 minRead time

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Nov 2015

Uncategorized

City Aims for Zero Waste, but Inks Long-Term Deal with Upstate Landfill

The $3.3 billion, 20-year plan to send Brooklyn garbage to the Seneca Meadows landfill illustrates the growing costs of burying trash.

ByCole Rosengren 6 minRead time

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Oct 2015

Uncategorized

City’s Reforms to Private Waste-Hauling Hit Delays

A highly anticipated city study of commercial waste collection has been delayed, putting off any decision about a new franchise zoning system and ensuring that the fight over the industry’s…

ByCole Rosengren 12 minRead time

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Bed-Stuy is Focus of Concerns Over Fate of Community Gardens

The city has identified 181 small city-owned sites for potential affordable-housing development. Eighteen currently have community gardens on them. Ten of those gardens are in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

ByCole Rosengren 19 minRead time

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May 2015

Investigations

To Meet Waste Goals, NYC Needs to Scrap How it Thinks About Garbage

The scene at the former Fresh Kills landfill, of beautiful scenery built about decades of bad trash policy, gives reason for optimism that the city will find a way to…

ByCole Rosengren 19 minRead time

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May 2015

Investigations

City Composting Effort Will Reduce Waste, But Needs Room

New York is diverting more and more organic material like food waste from landfills to composting projects. The big challenge might not be collecting the stuff, but figuring out where…

ByCole Rosengren 18 minRead time

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May 2015

Investigations NYCHA

NYCHA Recycling Under Scrutiny

Poor facilities have discouraged NYCHA residents from recycling for years. While some tenants took matters into their own hands and the de Blasio administration promises a better approach, one environmental…

ByCole Rosengren 5 minRead time

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May 2015

Investigations

Single-Stream Recycling: Simple for Residents, Complex for the City

Mayor de Blasio wants to spare residents the hassle of separating paper from glass, metal and plastic. The move will likely boost recycling but its impact on city finances, commercial…

ByCole Rosengren 15 minRead time

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May 2015

Investigations

City Weighs Reining in Private Garbage Collectors

Waste from New York’s businesses is not picked up by DSNY but by a industry of for-profit companies who, critics say, serve inefficient routes and treat their workers poorly.

ByCole Rosengren 19 minRead time

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May 2015

Investigations

New York’s Garbage System Faces Mounting Challenges of Cost, Carbon and Equity

Mayor de Blasio has proposed ambitious reforms to address some of the problems caused by the 6 million tons of trash New Yorkers produce each year. But the way to…

ByCole Rosengren 21 minRead time

Cole Rosengren

Brooklyn Community Gardeners React to De Blasio Admin. Deal

City Aims for Zero Waste, but Inks Long-Term Deal with Upstate Landfill

City’s Reforms to Private Waste-Hauling Hit Delays

Bed-Stuy is Focus of Concerns Over Fate of Community Gardens

To Meet Waste Goals, NYC Needs to Scrap How it Thinks About Garbage

City Composting Effort Will Reduce Waste, But Needs Room

NYCHA Recycling Under Scrutiny

Single-Stream Recycling: Simple for Residents, Complex for the City

City Weighs Reining in Private Garbage Collectors

New York’s Garbage System Faces Mounting Challenges of Cost, Carbon and Equity

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