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Outside the Spotlight, are Buses Ready for the Next Storm?

Last month marked seven years since Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, and last Tuesday—the anniversary of the superstorm's landfall—MTA officials took reporters on a tour of the Coney Island Railyard in Brooklyn, a storage site for more than 800 subway cars that was flooded by 27 million gallons of saltwater back in 2012. Veronique Hakim, the MTA's managing director, pointed out various parts of the yard that were upgraded since Sandy with storm protection features, including ongoing construction of a hulking flood wall around the site's perimeter and as well as an elevated bridge to house power cables for the yard—which, pre-Sandy, would have been buried underground.
Staten Island Beep Oddo Says Post-Sandy Planning Was a Failure

Only a handful of Staten Island families whose houses were damaged by Superstorm Sandy are still waiting for repairs. But the entire island is still waiting for a cogent resiliency plan to guard against future storms, according to Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, who told the Max & Murphy Show on Monday, "the recovery has been the single most infuriating heartbreaking experience of a nearly 30-year career in public service."
The Summer of 2019 is Over but the Heat Risk to NYC is Not Going Away

There were some hot summers for New York City between 1971 and 2000—Julys when people dragged mattresses out onto their fire escapes and Augusts when sun-drenched streets felt like frying pans and subway stations like ovens. Averaging those 30 years, scientists say the baseline for days with highs of 90 degrees or higher was 10 days in a typical summer.
Climate Control is a Year-Round Issue at NYCHA, Especially for Seniors

As winter approaches, advocates for New York City Housing Authority tenants are fixing their attention on the many boiler repairs that need to be made to prevent the rampant heat outages that plagued 87 percent of its buildings last year. But some NYCHA senior centers have barely just recovered from a summer defined by multiple heat waves and absent repair teams. And the problems that plagued the system’s Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioner (HVAC) systems this summer could repeat over the winter, as those systems are changed over to heating.
Big Decisions Loom on How NYC Will Implement Historic Carbon-Reduction Law

Amid praise and pushback, the Climate Mobilization Act passed into New York City law last April. Lauded as the largest emissions reduction policy in the history of any city, the legislative package contains six bills, all of which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in conjunction with the city’s effort to achieve a 40 percent reduction in carbon pollution by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050.
How Many Displaced by Hurricane Maria are Still Living in New York City?

Una versión en español está aquí. Rainbow Garden of Life and Health is like an island, a green dot surrounded by waves of buildings in Melrose, the Bronx.
How to Care for Your NYC Street Tree, and Strengthen Democracy

City Limits is participating along with hundreds of news organizations around the world on climate-related stories in the week leading up to the United Nations Climate Summit. More at #CoveringClimateNow.
Income Inequality is Making it Harder to Escape Storm Risk on Staten Island

City Limits is participating along with hundreds of news organizations around the world on climate-related stories in the week leading up to the United Nations Climate Summit. More at #CoveringClimateNow.