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New York is diverting more and more organic material like food waste from landfills to composting projects. The big challenge might not be collecting the stuff, but figuring out where…

ByCole Rosengren 2Comments

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May 2015

Investigations NYCHA

NYCHA Recycling Under Scrutiny

Poor facilities have discouraged NYCHA residents from recycling for years. While some tenants took matters into their own hands and the de Blasio administration promises a better approach, one environmental…

ByCole Rosengren 3Comments

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May 2015

Investigations

Single-Stream Recycling: Simple for Residents, Complex for the City

Mayor de Blasio wants to spare residents the hassle of separating paper from glass, metal and plastic. The move will likely boost recycling but its impact on city finances, commercial…

ByCole Rosengren 7Comments

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

De Blasio Administration Seeks to Develop NYCHA Land

Facing a growing fiscal crisis and crumbling infrastructure, City Hall has called for building affordable housing—and, in some cases, market-rate apartments—on Housing Authority land as part of a broad strategy…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 1Comment

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May 2015

Investigations

New York’s Garbage System Faces Mounting Challenges of Cost, Carbon and Equity

Mayor de Blasio has proposed ambitious reforms to address some of the problems caused by the 6 million tons of trash New Yorkers produce each year. But the way to…

ByCole Rosengren 29Comments

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness

The Rent is Too Damn Nigh! When, Where and How to Testify to the City’s Rent Board

The panel that decides how much landlords can hike the rent on nearly a million stabilized apartments has four hearings coming up. But you don’t have to show up to…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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May 2015

Opinion

Council’s NYPD Plan: Add Cops, Reduce Arrests, Avoid Real Changes

There’s fierce debate over a City Council proposal to decriminalize certain offenses. But this op-ed contends that neither side in the argument is talking about fundamental change to the way…

ByJosmar Trujillo 1Comment

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May 2015

Uncategorized

Tenant Advocates Unsatisfied with De Blasio’s 421-a Proposal

The mayor’s reforms would result in more income-targeted units but, critics say, will do little to address the fundamental flaws with the costly tax break.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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May 2015

Opinion

New York’s Rent-Reg Reforms Must Go Further

A tenant praises the mayor’s stance against vacancy decontrol and other aspects of the current system. But she argues that problems with preferential rents must also be addressed when Governor…

ByNatasha Creese 5Comments

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Announces Wish-List of Rent Regulation Reforms

The mayor wants to end vacancy decontrol and vacancy bonuses and limit the rent hikes a landlord can impose when a major capital project or individual apartment improvement is completed.

ByJarrett Murphy 9Comments

City Composting Effort Will Reduce Waste, But Needs Room

NYCHA Recycling Under Scrutiny

Single-Stream Recycling: Simple for Residents, Complex for the City

De Blasio Administration Seeks to Develop NYCHA Land

New York’s Garbage System Faces Mounting Challenges of Cost, Carbon and Equity

The Rent is Too Damn Nigh! When, Where and How to Testify to the City’s Rent Board

Council’s NYPD Plan: Add Cops, Reduce Arrests, Avoid Real Changes

Tenant Advocates Unsatisfied with De Blasio’s 421-a Proposal

New York’s Rent-Reg Reforms Must Go Further

De Blasio Announces Wish-List of Rent Regulation Reforms

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