The city’s Independent Budget Office is out today with a look not just at how much of which recyclable products get recycled but also where the remnant ends up.
Aquaponics relies on the interaction of fish, whose waste feeds the plants, and plants, whose digestive process purifies the water. But at Oko Farms in Brooklyn, success also depends on…
The street-art movement was never dependent on one space, and since 5 Pointz’s demise, new work has shifted to new spots or to ones that were already operating. The long-running…
A developer’s move to close the famous graffiti site in 2013 didn’t kill the street-art scene. It did raise questions about the links and tensions between street art and gentrification.
East New York has long faced problems like poverty, disinvestment and crime. Now its worries concern gentrification and displacement. In a neighborhood confronting so many different risks, what role can…
Although the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs has strongly advocated for equity in the arts, the agency’s granting programs could do more to bolster the small and local organizations that…
A 2016 graduate writes that the potential strike by the Professional Staff Congress doesn’t reflect a beef between university leadership and staff, but rather the impact of years of state…
While composting food waste is better that simply burying it in landfills, both techniques have their costs, and both involve a fundamental failure: The food could have been eaten.
Many city property owners see a source of greener power in that ball of fire 93 million miles away. The risk of a fire closer to home, however, can make…
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