But NYC needs power to replace Indian Point’s nuclear energy without resorting to new fossil-fuel usage.
Health and Environment
Hotel-Turned-Shelter for Released Rikers Detainees Faces Backlash in Fresh Meadows
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Chinese residents and businesses in the neighborhood collected more than 10,000 signatures on a petition against the arrangement, arguing the city should have notified the community of the plan.
Coronavirus
Everything You Want to Know About COVID-19 Antibody Testing but Were Afraid to Ask
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‘We’re asking people to have a crash course in epidemiology, virology, immunology, genetics. We are throwing around these very scientific terms that people have never heard of.’
Health and Environment
Persisten las preocupaciones sobre COVID-19 en los centros de detención de inmigrantes
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‘Fue propagación [del virus] a través de la deportación.’
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
To Face Flooding, New York Region Needs Big Bucks and Bold Moves: Report
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A broad coalition is calling for aggressive moves—from the ballot box to city maps—to defend the region against sea-level rise and coastal storms.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
La discreción de la ciudad significó que algunos inmigrantes tuvieran problemas para acceder al fondo de ayudas económicas para trabajadores indocumentados
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El programa de ayuda de la ciudad de Nueva York para inmigrantes indocumentados afectados por COVID-19 se ha negado a revelar a sus socios sin fines de lucro, alegando temores de que los solicitantes los abrumarán.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Progress and Delays in Putting Milestone Emissions Law into Action
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Fourteen months after the city passed a strict new standard for building emissions and less than four years before the restrictions go into effect, there has been progress and delays in creating a mechanism for landlords to comply.
COVID-19
After Costly ‘Reinvention,’ Nail Salons Brace For Uncertain Reopening
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Salon workers and owners, many of them immigrants, head back to work this week as part of New York’s Phase 3 reopening. But many are worried about how new social distancing restrictions will impact their livelihood.
Coronavirus
New York’s Pandemic Rolls On, and Prison Testing is Still an Issue
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While about 20 percent of New York’s population have been tested for the coronavirus, just about 3.6 percent of people incarcerated in the state’s prisons have received tests.
consumer fireworks
In State Where NYC’s Illegal Fireworks Can Be Bought, Some Want Tighter Laws
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Pennsylvania legalized many fireworks in 2017. Several lawmakers there want to rein the sales in, citing noise, fires and ‘chaos.’
Age Justice
Snags Seen in Pandemic Policies for Senior Centers and Home Meals
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Providers expressed frustration with the Department For The Aging (DFTA) and the mayor’s office, who they say made abrupt changes with little input from the aging services sector.