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“After Hurricane Sandy, my school closed for a week, while whole school student bodies had to be relocated across the city. More recently, my school’s basement and entire first floor…

ByLiat Olenick 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Climate and Environment Government Transportation

Cities Are Depaving For a Cooler Future

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.

ByLucy Sherriff 2Comments

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May 2023

Climate and Environment Government Transportation

How Our Obsession With Parking Fuels the Climate Crisis

What could a city like New York achieve if it repurposed some of its 3 million curbside parking spots? It could help drivers kick their addictions to cars and avert…

ByDanielle Renwick, Nexus Media News 1Comment

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Apr 2023

Climate and Environment Government

Meals on Wheels Is a Climate-Relief Model

Meal delivery programs are uniquely positioned to keep the most vulnerable safe during climate emergencies.

ByDanielle Renwick, Nexus Media News 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

In New York’s Fight to Legalize Basement Apartments, What About Cellars?

While Gov. Kathy Hochul included a pathway to basement legalization in her February budget proposal, the word ‘cellar’ is absent from her plan. The two terms may be indistinguishable to…

ByEmma Whitford 7Comments

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Feb 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Data Drop: How NY Disbursed Aid for Undocumented Hurricane Ida Victims

As of last month, the state had doled out just over $2 million of the $27 million set aside for the relief fund, according to recent data shared with City…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jan 2023

Climate and Environment Education Government

An Overlooked Climate Solution? Greener Playgrounds

Across the country, cities are transforming asphalt schoolyards into spongy, shady community centers. The new playground at PS 184M Shuang Wen School in Manhattan’s Chinatown, for example, has a porous…

ByMarianne Dhenin 1Comment

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Oct 2022

Government Opinion

Opinion: To Protect NYC From Future Storms, Invest in Waterfront Parks

“During Sandy we saw evidence of how parks can be built to weather the worst impacts of storms. Areas that suffered less damage overall had infrastructure in place that served…

ByTyler Taba

BySherrise Palomino 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Climate Crisis is a Housing Crisis

“Hurricane Sandy damaged 10 percent of the city’s housing. In a city with a vacancy rate of 4.5 percent, even a temporary loss of the housing supply isn’t just a…

ByDeborah Helaine Morris

ByThaddeus Pawlowski

ByHugo Sarmiento 1Comment

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Oct 2022

Climate and Environment Economy Government In Depth Investigations News Transportation

Spared By Sandy, Hunts Point Food Market Slow to Address Flood Risk

Superstorm Sandy spared the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, New York City’s most important food source. But a decade later, little has changed when it comes to storm resiliency at…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

Opinion: To Keep Schools Open, NYC Needs Climate-Resilient Buildings

Cities Are Depaving For a Cooler Future

How Our Obsession With Parking Fuels the Climate Crisis

Meals on Wheels Is a Climate-Relief Model

In New York’s Fight to Legalize Basement Apartments, What About Cellars?

Data Drop: How NY Disbursed Aid for Undocumented Hurricane Ida Victims

An Overlooked Climate Solution? Greener Playgrounds

Opinion: To Protect NYC From Future Storms, Invest in Waterfront Parks

Opinion: New York’s Climate Crisis is a Housing Crisis

Spared By Sandy, Hunts Point Food Market Slow to Address Flood Risk

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