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The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has issued a stop-work order for the demolition of the steam power plant on Roosevelt Island.

DEP issues stop work order for Roosevelt Island steam plant demolition

Posted on June 19, 2026 Conversation…

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at launch of hydropower line in Queens

Politics

Plugged in: A 339-mile hydropower line from Quebec to Queens is now feeding NYC’s electric grid

Posted on June 16, 2026 Conversation…

Coastal construction in Battery Park

First phase of Battery Coastal Resilience project completed in time for busy Lower Manhattan events season

Posted on June 8, 2026 Conversation…

Boat on East River where sewer discharges sometimes occur

Law

NYC must notify residents when sewage discharges into rivers and creeks, court rules

Posted on June 4, 2026 Conversation…

New Yorkers will have a few more months to get their mandatory "NYC Official" trash bins.

Hot garbage: NYC extends deadline for homeowners to purchase mandatory trash bins through the summer

Posted on May 21, 2026 Conversation…

Alley Pond Park

Health

Why New York City is falling behind other major cities in public parks, according to nonprofit’s national report

Posted on May 20, 2026 Conversation…

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Brooklyn Paper

Sweet (and salty) relief: Brooklyn beaches to open for the season on May 23

Angelique Senter and Kalin Kresnitchki are calling for more environmental review at Roosevelt Island.

Roosevelt Island residents raise concerns over steam plant demolition

Posted on May 19, 2026 Conversation…

people holding signs and posing for a photo in one of many NYC Parks

Brooklyn

New Yorkers rally in Brooklyn to demand the city dedicate more ‘green’ for NYC parks

Posted on May 11, 2026 Conversation…

Propel NY Energy

QNS

Queens could see lower energy costs by 2030 through new Propel NY Energy project

The newly expanded Grant Park.

Bronx Times

NYC Parks, city officials unveils 4.7 acre Grant Park expansion, transforming vacant Bronx lots into green space

NY: 4.5 million green jobs pilot program

Brooklyn

Gowanus Earth Day event launches $4.5M green jobs training initiative

Posted on April 24, 2026 Conversation…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced NYCHA's 2026 sustainability agenda at Woodside Houses on Wednesday, April 22.

QNS

Mamdani unveils NYCHA’s 2026 sustainability agenda during Earth Day visit to Woodside Houses

Scenery Bags Founder and CEO Jennifer Kahn.

Broadway

Scenery Bags is transforming Broadway’s trash into treasure this Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2026 Conversation…

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Bronx Times

Two Bronx districts tapped for major NYC trash bin expansion

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Bronx Times

Debate over last-mile delivery bill heats up in first City Council hearing

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Bronx Times

Governor Hochul announces congestion pricing is funding air quality improvements at Hunts Point Market

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Bronx Times

NYC Parks advocates rally at City Hall for 1% budget funding

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Brooklyn Paper

Endangered African penguin chick makes his debut at Coney’s New York Aquarium

Prospect Park

Brooklyn Paper

Prospect Park’s Vale set for $37.5M transformation in largest upgrade in over a decade

Green glow-up: 10 NYC parks are getting a makeover thanks to new community investment initiative

Posted on March 5, 2026 Conversation…

People and bikers in Central Park

NYC Parks ignored in Mamdani’s city budget as New Yorkers long for outdoor space

Posted on March 4, 2026 Conversation…

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QNS

BESS Hysteria: Queens politicians, Middle Village community rally against battery energy storage facility

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QNS

NYPA, Port Authority install fast EV chargers at LaGuardia Airport

Romeo and Juliet are two coyotes who appeared in Central Park.

Romeo and Juliet, a Central Park coyote romance

Posted on February 13, 2026 Conversation…

Inside the Irving Square restroom in Brooklyn. The stainless-steel bathroom includes a toilet, hand sanitizer, baby changing station, and slatted openings for ventilation and safety.

Health

FIRST ON amNY | NYC EDC puts out call for vendors to design new modular public restrooms

Posted on February 6, 2026 Conversation…

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Bronx Times

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | A yearlong look at the most important issues in the ‘Boogie Down’

renewable energy wind farm at sea

Power struggle: Why the New York Power Authority is taking heat over cutbacks on renewable energy

Posted on January 21, 2026 Conversation…

Humans are using laptops and computers to interact with AI, helping them create, code, train AI, or analyze big data with fast, cutting-edge technology.

Brooklyn

Wave of Big Tech’s AI data centers are coming for New York

Posted on January 9, 2026 Conversation…

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Fire Island News

Should Bird Window Collision Deterrents be Mandatory in New York?

two dark-colored bears in a zoo exhibit

WATCH: Adorable Andean bears at Queens Zoo play a fuzzy game of seesaw

Posted on December 11, 2025 Conversation…

cute but injured bird wrapped in a blanket

Operation feathered friend: What to do with an injured bird in NYC

Posted on December 10, 2025 Conversation…

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Brooklyn Paper

City to build ‘nature-based’ flash flood protections in Prospect Park

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Bronx Times

Sherman Creek Park waterfront restoration work boosted by $80K Con Edison grant

The roof of El Greko kitchen in Montego Bay, Jamaica destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

Caribbean Life

Surviving Melissa: How ChatGPT helped us weather Jamaica’s Category 5 fury

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QNS

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani says he’s increasing the city’s parks budget. Will Flushing Meadows’ Unisphere finally be restored to its former glory?

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QNS

Local Law 97 sparks affordability debate in Queens as environmental experts highlight growing need for its implementation

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Brooklyn Paper

Prospect Park receives $10M endowment to support Brooklyn’s only forest

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QNS

Myrtle Wyckoff Plaza getting overcrowded with illegal street vendors, leading to an excess of trash, rodents and fear of ICE

Environmental advocates, Bronx residents, and tenants from the Bronx River Houses NYCHA development called on state officials to stop the Cross Bronx Expansion. The New York State Department of Transportation designed projects to repair five bridges along the expressway that involve constructing additional "traffic diversion structures," which Bronx residents oppose as a highway expansion.

Bronx Times

Inside the fight for cleaner air, dignity and the truth about the Cross Bronx Expressway

Beautiful maple leaves on the tree in autumn sunny day in Japan.

Queens

Here are 17 places to see fall foliage in Queens

Posted on September 13, 2025 Conversation…

reopen

QNS

Section of Rockaway Beach in Edgemere reopened to public after decades of closure

A bicyclist on a greenway in NYC

‘Greater Greenways’ plan will see dozens of new bike and walking paths coming to NYC streets, waterfronts and parks

Posted on August 13, 2025 Conversation…

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Bronx Times

BronxNet’s ‘EcoLeaders,’ which empowers kids to take care of the environment, earns New York Emmy nomination

elton sea turtle returning to ocean

Brooklyn Paper

Rescued Kemp’s ridley sea turtle Elton makes splashy return to ocean off Coney Island

Earthquake measured on a seismograph

Earthquake! NYC experiences a Saturday night shakeup from New Jersey tremor

Posted on August 3, 2025 Conversation…

Brooklyn Paper

Four Sparrow Marsh restoration bolsters Jamaica Bay environment

police officer arrests man who vandalized Meta office in climate protest with green paint

Climate activists arrested inside Moynihan Train Hall after they vandalize Meta offices

Posted on July 24, 2025 Conversation…

More from around NYC

Five Boroughs Winners Special

Where to watch the World Cup in the Bronx: Free watch parties, screenings and special events

Anniversary Day, the lost rite of summer in Ridgewood: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

fire at reformed church of south brooklyn

Fire tears through historic Reformed Church of South Bushwick

The 2025 Queer Liberation March banner leads the way.

Reclaim Pride Coalition’s eighth annual Queer Liberation March slated for June 28