New York State doesn’t shield companies that buy environmentally tainted “brownfields” from liability. One Staten Island chair factory is being forced to shut down as a result.

South Bronx activists successfully fought Browning Ferris Industries plans to site a medical waste incinerator in their neighborhood–and their reward is a proposed plant to sterlize medical waste.

Bronx 2000 developed an ambitious project to turn scrap wooden packing and pallets into furniture and jobs. But bad luck and trouble finding outside investors has combined to push the…

A City Council bill would keep elected officials from using their office to pay for what are essentially campaign ads.

Flush with $1.75 billion to spend on the environment, Albany politicians promised to protect and expand New York’s resources. So why has New York City seen little of the money?

South Bronx community development ace Banana Kelly has created a subsidiary to work with groups from around the world.