A huge underground reserve of natural gas is luring fuel companies to upstate New York. But local officials and advocates are worried about what the drilling will do to the city’s watershed.
Does a verdant spot in surfside Brooklyn need a makeover?
Though City Councilman Tony Avella and “Reverend” Billy Talen have an uphill battle to beat Goliath this fall, they’re banking on grassroots dissent against Bloomberg to propel their bids for office.
Participants in workforce training programs for green jobs attain a different understanding of their community — and their place in it.
Should financing flow again for the redevelopment of Pier 40, gay youth are speaking up for their goals to be included in the planning.
An expert in local “progressive community-based planning” explains what that means and how to do it.
Scientists and officials are working to protect a tarnished ecological gem before it fades forever.
Summer reading: The Desolation That Was the BX, Poetry slams and tales of the slammer.
A show illustrating the past and present industrial activity along the Gowanus Canal highlights the area’s individuality.
The Rockaway Peninsula’s tortured development history enters its latest chapter, with ill-fated spec buildings disintegrating next to successful new housing development, and a rezoning belatedly attempting to instill order.
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