Economy
Hot on the Job: How Should New York Protect Workers From Heat?
CLARIFY News |
Workers, especially people of color and immigrants, are suffering in increasingly hot weather. But some advocates and lawmakers have solutions.
Government
Cities Are Depaving For a Cooler Future
Lucy Sherriff |
Asphalt contributes to the urban heat island effect and makes places more prone to flooding. Planners are rethinking its place in cities. This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News.
Brooklyn
Opinion: Manhattan Bridge Bike Path Crash Calls Attention to a Growing Problem
Cody Lyon |
“The crash on the Manhattan Bridge calls attention to the immediate need for visionary leadership as well as difficult conversations about the purpose of the city’s precious bike lane real estate, food delivery worker equity and the role NYPD should play in enforcing existing rules.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: A Critical Point for Penn Station’s Future
Charles Lauster |
“This July is one of the most critical months in Penn Station’s 113-year history. Madison Square Garden’s lease over the station is up this month, and the Garden’s management is insisting it be renewed. At stake is not just Penn Station itself but rail service throughout the entire New York Metropolitan Area.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: More Than 100 Children Have Died in NYC Traffic Crashes Since Vision Zero Launch
Dana Lerner |
“After Cooper was killed, I wanted to believe that his death would have meaning. However, as I have watched 100 other children suffer a similar fate, I can’t help but feel that our city continues to fail our kids. More than 60 percent of the children killed were pedestrians, and a third were walking to or from school.”
Government
New York Earns Stripes for Electric Vehicle Adoption, But There’s Still Work to Do
Mary Cunningham |
Of the 1.9 million registered vehicles in the city, 2 percent are electric. While that may seem nominal, electric vehicle registrations are growing: there was a 44 percent increase between 2021 and 2022, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Keeping Things Fair for Essential Workers Should Be Essential to Congestion Pricing
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton |
“Police, Sanitation, and other government workers have long called Staten Island home, thanks to its affordability when compared to the other boroughs, great schools, and safer neighborhoods. Yet that affordability is now being threatened by a pricing program to fund a system that consistently underinvests in our great borough.”
Government
NYC Makes it Mandatory for Residential Buildings to Recycle Food Waste
Mariana Simões |
The City Council on Thursday passed a “groundbreaking” legislative package that forces the city to divert food-based garbage away from landfills and reuse it instead for environmentally friendly purposes like composting and generating cleaner energy. But there’s much more to do for the city to reach its Zero Waste goals.
Government
Asylum Seekers at Queens ‘Respite Center’ Make a Choice: Stay or Go?
Daniel Parra |
On Wednesday afternoon, two buses carrying more than 60 people from city shelter left for the Ramada Inn in Albany, where officials say they’re also nearing capacity. Those who opted to leave include asylum seekers who’d spent weeks in one of the city’s respite centers, where services are limited and future placements are uncertain.
Economy
Costly Utility Rates Could Jeopardize MTA’s Move to All-Electric Buses
Mariana Simões |
This summer, utility companies must submit plans detailing how they’ll implement a series of solutions to make electricity rates more affordable for electric vehicles. But their plan has fallen short of giving the MTA the preferential rate it says it needs to able to foot the bill, as it seeks to transition its 5,800-bus fleet off fossil fuels.
