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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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Nov 2022

Housing and Homelessness

Data Drop: Where the NYC Heat Complaints Are (So Far)

City Limits looked at complaints received between Oct. 1 and Nov. 21 broken down by community district and found the pattern is similar to previous “heat seasons,” with the greatest…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Climate and Environment Economy Opinion

Opinion: Why New Yorkers Should Sign Up for Community Solar

“With community solar, you subscribe to a share of a large solar project nearby. By subscribing, you get a portion of the solar energy as a discount on your electric…

ByThomas Turnbull 1Comment

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Sep 2022

Government Transportation

NYC Looks to Tackle Extreme Heat via City Streets and Urban Forests

A federally funded pilot program and a study in parks both seek mitigation strategies for urban heat islands—areas that experience higher temperatures due to heat-absorbing infrastructure and lack of access…

ByLiz Donovan 1Comment

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

City’s Heat-Vulnerable Neighborhoods Need More Cooling Centers, Comptroller Says

Queens had the fewest number of cooling centers based on population density with only five for every 100,000 people, while Manhattan had seven, an analysis by City Comptroller Brad Lander’s…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Some Rikers Detainees Had No Air Conditioning During Heat Wave, Lawmakers Say

In the week before the recent heatwave, Department of Correction officials testified at a hearing that nearly 200 individuals incarcerated at the jail with conditions that are exacerbated by heat…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Jun 2022

Government

‘We Need More Trees’: City Council Probes Planting Progress

The mayor’s office has approved the highest funding for tree planting in half a decade, officials say, allowing the Parks Department to plant 20,000 trees a year for the next…

ByLiz Donovan 2Comments

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May 2022

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

May 24: Climate Experts to Discuss the Future of NYC’s Waterfront

Join City Limits at the 2022 Waterfront Conference, a day-long event of speeches and panels by experts in resiliency, housing, and policy to address approaches to the climate crisis that…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

For NYC Tenants with Inadequate Heat, Enforcement Can Be Elusive

City Limits examined 311 data related to heat and hot water complaints over the past three years, and found the highest number were in areas populated by communities of color…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Transportation

NYC Heat Mapping Study Finds Higher Temps in Lower-Income Neighborhoods

For instance, during one data collection, neighborhoods surrounding Central Park measured between 80 and 82 degrees, while parts of The Bronx and upper Manhattan were between 88 and 89 degrees…

ByLiz Donovan 2Comments

An Overlooked Climate Solution? Greener Playgrounds

Data Drop: Where the NYC Heat Complaints Are (So Far)

Opinion: Why New Yorkers Should Sign Up for Community Solar

NYC Looks to Tackle Extreme Heat via City Streets and Urban Forests

City’s Heat-Vulnerable Neighborhoods Need More Cooling Centers, Comptroller Says

Some Rikers Detainees Had No Air Conditioning During Heat Wave, Lawmakers Say

‘We Need More Trees’: City Council Probes Planting Progress

May 24: Climate Experts to Discuss the Future of NYC’s Waterfront

For NYC Tenants with Inadequate Heat, Enforcement Can Be Elusive

NYC Heat Mapping Study Finds Higher Temps in Lower-Income Neighborhoods

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