Mariana Simões, Author at City Limits

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More than a quarter of the city’s public school buildings are currently at risk from extreme stormwater flooding, according to an analysis by the Comptroller’s Office shared with City Limits.…

ByMariana Simões 16 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Climate and Environment Economy Government In Depth Investigations Labor

Lawmakers Plan to Reintroduce Deforestation Bill Vetoed Last Year

Gov. Hochul tried to water down a bill that sought to stop companies that have contracts with the state government from contributing to tropical deforestation. Now, lawmakers plan to reintroduce…

ByMariana Simões 16 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Climate and Environment Government

New York’s Fracking Ban Threatened by CO2 ‘Loophole,’ Environmentalists Say

A company launched last year is introducing a new fracking technique that uses carbon dioxide (CO2) instead of water to extract gas from underground—and it hopes to do business in…

ByMariana Simões 7 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

‘Me siento derrotada’: Expiran los plazos para acoger a familias inmigrantes y el sistema se resquebraja

Mientras que la administración de Eric Adams ha estado emitiendo plazos en refugios para inmigrantes adultos durante meses, y para algunas familias con niños en hoteles como parte de una…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 24 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘I Feel Defeated’: Shelter Deadlines for Immigrant Families Expire, as System Frays

While the Adams administration has been issuing shelter deadlines to adult immigrants for months, and to some families with kids in hotels as part of a separate initiative, Tuesday’s evictions…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 21 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Climate and Environment Government In Depth

Environmentalists’ 2024 Albany Agenda? Making Polluters Pay

Government officials estimate it will cost nearly $44 billion to fulfill the state’s climate law, which aims to stop powering the state with polluting fossil fuels and reduce 85 percent…

ByMariana Simões 11 minRead time

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Dec 2023

Climate and Environment Government

Will New York Meet its Goals for Offshore Wind Power?

While New York has secured eight offshore wind contracts for development, energy experts say not enough investment is being made in the port infrastructure needed to assemble the turbines and…

ByMariana Simões 15 minRead time

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Dec 2023

Climate and Environment Government

Legislators Urge Hochul to Nix Plan for Increased Fracked Gas to NYC

The Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company’s proposal is the latest fossil-fueled infrastructure project to earn the ire of local environmental groups, who say such investments are at odds with the goals…

ByMariana Simões 7 minRead time

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Dec 2023

Climate and Environment Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Hochul May Gut Major Deforestation Bill, Advocates Say

The Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act would be the first in the U.S. to regulate local companies’ supply chains and require they’re free of products sourced through deforestation. But Gov. Hochul,…

ByMariana Simões 12 minRead time

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Nov 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice

Efforts to Block Gas Bans Across the Nation Are Growing. Will it Work in New York?

After a lawsuit in California toppled the city of Berkeley’s efforts to replace gas stoves with clean electric energy in new buildings, fossil fuel industry groups are testing the same…

ByMariana Simões 25 minRead time

Mariana Simões

How Climate Change is Hitting NYC Public Schools

Lawmakers Plan to Reintroduce Deforestation Bill Vetoed Last Year

New York’s Fracking Ban Threatened by CO2 ‘Loophole,’ Environmentalists Say

‘Me siento derrotada’: Expiran los plazos para acoger a familias inmigrantes y el sistema se resquebraja

‘I Feel Defeated’: Shelter Deadlines for Immigrant Families Expire, as System Frays

Environmentalists’ 2024 Albany Agenda? Making Polluters Pay

Will New York Meet its Goals for Offshore Wind Power?

Legislators Urge Hochul to Nix Plan for Increased Fracked Gas to NYC

Hochul May Gut Major Deforestation Bill, Advocates Say

Efforts to Block Gas Bans Across the Nation Are Growing. Will it Work in New York?

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