A year and a half after it won City Council approval, a Staten Island development project is stalled thanks to an unsuspecting turtle.
CityPlate
See Which NYC Schools Eat Lunch Before 10 a.m.
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Students at 51 percent of schools citywide head to the lunchroom at 11:00 a.m. or earlier. Where does your child’s school rank? And why is it so hard to feed kids at a normal time?
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Another Setback for Plans for a New Pipeline in NY’s Harbor
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Three weeks after New York State rejected a bid to build a natural gas pipeline through its waters, the state of New Jersey did the same on Wednesday.
composting
City’s Reduced Compost Pickups are Rotten, Says Queens Board
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Queens Community Board 11 wants the Sanitation Department to reinstate twice weekly food scrap pick-ups, reporting that fewer residents are participating in the program since the collections were reduced.
Agenda 2019
Doubts About Pipeline Proponents’ Claims of a Gas Shortage
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Opponents of a proposed natural gas pipeline have questioned National Grid’s claim that it needs the new supply to keep up with rising demand. And the utility’s own filings with regulators only add to those questions.
HEALTH and ENVIRONMENT
Report IDs the Social Justice Impacts of Climate Change in New York
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A unique partnership between the Regional Plan Association and Make the Road New York craft a to-do list for low-income residents—and the city—to protect central Queens against the worst effects of climate change.
cars
Should Motorcycles and Greener Cars Get a Pass on Congestion Pricing?
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Rewarding vehicles that cause less congestion or generate less pollution means reducing the amount of money congestion pricing will pump into the transit system.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
What Do You Think About a Hike in Water Rates?
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The city’s Water Board is considering its annual rate adjustment, which will be effective July 1. The Board’s proposal is for a 2.31 percent increase. If you want to weigh in, here are the dates, times and locations of the public hearings on the rate proposal
careers
Are City Schools and Hospitals Doing Enough to Diversify Medicine?
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Reducing racial disparities within the practice of medicine will take work by elementary-school teachers, high-school counselors, college programs, med schools and mentor physicians. But the work starts with letting Black and Latino kids know they have the right to dream.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
As the Sea Rises, Will Resiliency—Rather Than Retreat—Be Enough to Save Waterfront NYC?
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New York is taking expensive, multifaceted steps to protect residents from the impacts of sea-level rise. But do those measures stack up to the scale of threat the city faces?
army corps
Report: Efforts to Block Storm Surge Could Harm the Hudson
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The report from American Rivers finds the Hudson to be the second most-endangered river in the United States.