Feb. 28, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Amid a particularly harsh winter, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens is turning up the heat on assistance efforts thanks to a $250,000 grant from the National Grid Foundation. The donation, presented on Feb. 26 at the Msgr. Joseph Pfeiffer Resource Center in Howard Beach, Queens, will help…
Nov. 18, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Residents at one Brooklyn apartment building are fired up and fed up, saying they have endured years of neglect and denial of basic necessities from their landlord. Tenants at 22 Hawthorne St. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens spoke out on Sunday against what they called a pattern of neglect…
Oct. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Utility giant National Grid, one of the many parties responsible for turning the Gowanus Canal into a toxic Superfund site, is claiming its fellow polluters aren’t doing their fair share to clean up the canal — and that it can no longer shoulder the cost alone. Earlier this…
Jun. 19, 2024 By Anthony Medina A heat wave has swept over New York City neighborhoods ahead of the first day of summer, with residents limiting their outdoor activities and searching for cool places to rest. National Grid, the electricity, natural gas, and energy delivery company serving more than 20 million people throughout New York…
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Apr. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The ongoing environmental clean-up at Public Place — one of the most contaminated sites in Gowanus and the future home of the massive Gowanus Green development — has ground to a halt, threatening to delay construction of hundreds of affordable apartments.
Feb. 21, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Community Offshore Wind, a joint clean energy venture between RWE Renewables and National Grid, partnered with local schools across New York City and Long Island to cultivate student interest in STEM fields in celebration of National Engineers Week.
Feb. 2, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A first-of-its-kind renewable energy project in Greenpoint has become a point of contention between the community, the city, and utility giant National Grid.
Apr. 3, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
National Grid has axed its plans to build two new liquified natural gas vaporizers at the Greenpoint Energy Center — for now.
Mar. 16, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The state’s Public Service Commission has denied National Grid’s petition to build two new liquified natural gas vaporizers in Greenpoint, ruling that the fossil fuel project is unnecessary.