Feb. 28, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday unveiled a new plan aimed at ensuring New York City’s position as a leader in the newly-emerging environmentally-conscious economy.
Mayor Eric Adams reveals new ‘green-collar’ jobs plan
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Pols want diesel-powered cruise ships, like those idling in Red Hook, to connect to shore power or leave
Feb. 20, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
Fossil fuel-emitting cruise ships would have to walk the plank and abandon New York City ports unless they plug into clean shore power for energy, should a bill in the City Council become law.
Brooklyn council members play key role in overriding mayor’s veto of ‘How Many Stops’ Act
Feb. 1, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
On Tuesday, the New York City council voted to override Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of the “How Many Stops” Act, a piece of legislation aimed at improving NYPD transparency and eliminating unlawful police stops.
Later, skater: The Skatepark Project to bring two new skate parks to Brooklyn
Jan. 31, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
If heaven is a halfpipe, Brooklyn will soon have a little slice of paradise.
City to invest $100M in new Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal
Jan. 25, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city will invest $100 million in a new Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Mayor Eric Adams announced during his State of the City address on Wednesday.
UFT to ‘review’ changes to city budget after Adams restores some funding for schools
Jan. 22, 2024 By Megan McGibney
In late December, right before city schools closed for the holiday break, the United Federation of Teachers announced it was filing a lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams, the city, and the New York State Education Department over nearly $2 billion in budget cuts for New York City public schools.
‘Hopefully, one day we’ll be back’: Vendors struggle to turn profit in Dumbo after Brooklyn Bridge crackdown
Jan. 12, 2024 By Adam Daly
Former Brooklyn Bridge vendors say they are hoping city officials will find a solution that will allow them to sell their wares once again on the iconic landmark, as they struggle to turn a profit in Dumbo under tight restrictions.
‘Who is being held accountable?’: Parents, pols protest outside Midwood school used to house migrants overnight
Jan. 10, 2024 Adam Daly & Lloyd Mitchell
Outraged parents and elected officials held a protest outside James Madison High School Wednesday morning after the city placed some 1,900 migrants there overnight to ride out a storm.
Brooklyn legislators look to reinforce e-bike battery safety after multiple deadly fires
Dec. 27, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
In November, a fire caused by a lithium-ion e-bike battery in Crown Heights killed three people and injured 14. Lithium-ion batteries were also to blame for a Bushwick blaze that injured five people in October, and for an inferno that destroyed a Sunset Park storage facility just a few days later.
At scene of deadly crash, parents and advocates urge city to restore funds for school crossing guards
Dec. 22, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil
A cardboard cutout crossing guard stood guard at a busy Brooklyn intersection Thursday — the very same one where 7-year-old Kamari Hughes was fatally struck by the driver of an NYPD tow truck nearly two months ago.