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Photo via Local Roots CSAWith an order to stay at home [/new-york-state-will-go-on-pause-sunday-night-what-that-means/] as much as possible, some New Yorkers are turning to CSA’s to get fresh produce without leaving their apartment. CSA’s, short for community supported agriculture,
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Blackout in Mill Basin, July 21, 2019 (Photo: Todd Maisel)A cascading series of scandals involving local utility providers has more and more New Yorkers clamoring for publicly-owned power, and now they have some powerful allies. City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Assemblymember Felix Ortiz, and several candidates for office spoke
Animals
Brooklyn Rat 2019, Peter Senzamici/BklynerPROSPECT HEIGHTS – Carol Morrison remembers exactly when she decided enough was enough with the rats. She was walking toward her home in Prospect Heights on Lincoln Place between Washington and Underhill avenues. There were so many rats on both sidewalks, she had to walk in
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Construction on Moore Street between Humboldt Street and Graham Avenue. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.NORTHERN BROOKLYN — Over the past few months, members of the North Brooklyn community have spoken in opposition to National Grid’s Metropolitan Reliability Infrastructure (MRI) project, a 30-inch-wide, 36,000-foot-long pipeline that would
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The site of a proposed NYC Ferry site in Coney Island Creek across from Kaiser Park in Brooklyn, on Feb. 11, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Clifford Michel, for THE CITY. Originally posted on February 11, by THE CITY. Standing between Coney Island and a planned NYC Ferry dock:
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Gowanus Canal. Photo by Udi via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/udi/8145783849/]GOWANUS — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of an administrative order requiring the start of the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site. Designated a Superfund site by the EPA in
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Yvette Clarke. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)30 years. That’s how long we have left to transform our economy and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis. And to make matters even more immediate, the groundwork that we lay down
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It’s a sad end for a Christmas tree to be disposed off in the garbage. Irina Groushevaia/BklynerOne of the most significant sources of waste during the holidays comes from the twinkling, star-topped centerpiece that represents Christmas to so many Americans: the Christmas tree. Sadly, many of these
Animals
Coney Island Creek. Cheyenne R. Ubiera/Bklyner.CONEY ISLAND —Southern Brooklyn’s sole remaining creek has gained more attention with the upcoming opening of a ferry dock, but residents are hoping that its newfound spotlight will also address water quality issues and pollution. Coney Island Creek [https://www.nycgovparks.org/
affordable housing
Credit: Alloy DevelopmentForget gas, they’re going electric! Alloy Development announced yesterday that 100 Flatbush, the first tower of its planned massive [/save-our-sunlight-protesters-rally-against-alloys-shadow-casting-towers/] 80 Flatbush project [/demolition-permits-80-flatbush/] in Downtown Brooklyn, will be 100% electric – the first of its
Bensonhurst
From Comptroller’s report [https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/new-york-city-comptroller-scott-stringers-investigation-into-child-lead-exposure/?utm_source=Media-All&utm_campaign=2685b3df50-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7cd514b03e-2685b3df50-154021477] BORO PARK, FLATBUSH, GREENPOINT
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Air Co. Vodka. Courtesy of Air Co.WILLIAMSBURG – A young startup in North Brooklyn released a sustainable spirit earlier this month, a vodka made out of “air, sun, and water.” The brainchild of former marketing executive of Smirnoff Vodka’s campaign, Greg Constantine, and chemist and environmentalist Stafford Sheehan, Air