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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…

Investigations

Life Near a Landfill: The Towns and People Who End Up with NYC Trash

From upstate Seneca County to the banks of the Delaware River, people who live near landfills and trash-burning energy plants are parsing Mayor de Blasio’s “zero waste” pledge—and taking action…

Investigations

How NYC Can Learn from Other Cities’ Work Toward Zero Waste

Seattle, Boulder and Ljubljana (that’s in Slovenia) have employed approaches that New York City might find instructive as it chases Mayor de Blasio’s “zero waste to landfills” goal.

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

Housing and Homelessness Investigations NYCHA

Tenants’ Voice Lacks Power as NYCHA Faces Crucial Chapter

The Housing Authority’s Tenant Associations are supposed to rally residents to fight for their interests. But while some leaders (like Jonathan Gardenhire, above, the vice president of Smith Houses’ TA)…

Investigations Justice

The Rap-Sheet Trap: A Resource Guide

These organizations offer help and advice to people fighting a bad rap sheet:

Investigations

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