Libraries perform a critical role in workforce development for low-income New Yorkers. But budget cuts have so curtailed service that Detroit’s libraries are now open more than New York’s.
Last week’s brief electricity loss spotlights the stiff energy demands on Con Ed. The company’s load could be lightened – but that would require a few changes to its business…
Local affordable housing developers cite ways – more helpful than the national “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” standard – for government to promote green construction.