Tag: Environment

• NYC Readies for Hurricane Season: Floodgates Proposed and DEP Earmarks $2.5B for Southeast Queens Stormwater Upgrades

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  Sep 2

  New York City urged residents to check coastal evacuation zones and evacuation centers as hurricane season begins, while city agencies and planners described planned and funded resilience work — including… more ›

• NYC Urges Hurricane Prep: Check Evacuation Zone, Pack a Go‑Bag and Text NOTIFYNYC to 692‑692 as City Expands Multilingual Outreach

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  Sep 2

  New York City’s Mayor’s Office on Aug. 29, 2026 pushed hurricane-season preparedness — telling residents to check coastal evacuation zones, pack go bags, and sign up for Notify NYC emergency… more ›

• City Planning Commission Recommends Park Avenue Rezoning in Brooklyn — 391 Units, 234K sq ft of Schools Proposed as 19 Businesses and 145 Jobs Face Risk

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  Sep 2

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO At a City Planning Commission (CPC) review and special public meeting on August 24, 2026, planners recommended approval of the Park Avenue, Brooklyn rezoning that would convert M1… more ›

• NYC City Council Passes SCOOP Act: Bag Dispensers, Dog‑Waste Composting Pilot and Multilingual Cleanup Campaign

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  Aug 20

  The City Council passed the SCOOP Act, a four-bill package to expand free dog-waste bag dispensers on litter baskets, require park signage, launch a dog-waste composting pilot at Parks Department… more ›

• Mamdani at Gracie Mansion Touts Door‑Knocking Drive — Organize NYC Says 104,000 Volunteers Knocked 3 Million Doors to Reach Tenants

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  Aug 14

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted a Dominican Heritage reception at Gracie Mansion where speakers praised the administration’s door‑knocking outreach to tenants; city officials point to volunteer and agency canvassing programs, tenant… more ›

• After Upper East Side Legionnaires Outbreak, NYC Council Demands Seasonal Hotline, Local Testing Clinics and Tougher Cooling‑Tower Rules Ahead of September Hearing

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  Aug 14

  New York City Council members used the Aug. 13 stated meeting to preview a September oversight hearing on the Upper East Side Legionnaires outbreak and floated immediate demands — a… more ›

• Fontaine Co-op Urges CPC to Require 55‑Foot Buffer in 100–112 Queens Boulevard Rezoning Hearing

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  Aug 13

  City Planning Commission public hearing on Aug. 12, 2026 examined the 100‑12 Queens Boulevard rezoning; Fontaine Co‑op residents urged the commission to require a recorded restrictive declaration guaranteeing a minimum… more ›

• Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall Pilot: NYC and MTA Launch Feasibility Study to Capture Subway Heat to Cool Platforms, Heat City Buildings

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  Aug 10

  A joint Mayor–MTA announcement on Aug. 10, 2026 launched a feasibility study and renovation work at the Chamber Street / Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall subway complex to test a pilot thermal… more ›

• Mamdani Pledges $40M+ for Coastal Resilience, Announces Multibillion-Dollar Flood-Prevention Commitment for Southeast Queens

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  Aug 10

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani convened an August 7, 2026 ethnic and community media roundtable at City Hall to brief New Yorkers on extreme-weather readiness and announce more than $40 million for… more ›

• NYC Rolls Out 600+ Cooling Centers, Misting Stations and ‘Cool Vans’ — City Won’t Say How Many People They Served

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  Aug 10

  New York City officials briefed ethnic and community media on Aug. 7, 2026 about the city’s extreme-weather summer response — including more than 600 cooling centers, Health Department‑run misting stations,… more ›

• DCP and NYPL Launch “ABCs of City Planning” Story Time at Washington Heights Library — Free Kids’ Copies Distributed

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  Aug 7

  At a story-time event on August 6, 2026, the New York City Department of City Planning and the New York Public Library launched the new ABCs of City Planning at… more ›

• NYC Film Green Sees Immersion‑Cooled Render Farms Heating Pools, Housing — Permits and Data Security Could Stall Pilots

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  Aug 3

  NYC Film Green Office Hours on July 31, 2026, brought post‑production specialists and sustainability experts together to discuss recycling waste heat from render farms — including immersion‑cooled servers — to… more ›

• NYC Film Green Panel: Measure Post‑Production Energy, Power Down Idle Render Farms to Cut Emissions

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  Aug 3

  NYC Film Green convened an Office Hours panel on July 31, 2026, to probe where energy is used across large‑budget film and series lifecycles — comparing on‑set production, post‑production (visual… more ›

• NYC Moves to Speed Housing Approvals: DCP’s ELERP Cuts Zoning Reviews to 90 Days; AHAB Adds 5‑Day Appeal Window

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  Jul 30

  NYC planning officials explained how the new expedited land use review procedure (ELERP) and the Affordable Housing Appeals Board (AHAB) will shorten public review timelines — shrinking many zoning reviews… more ›

• 13527 Sapphire St Rezoning to Use Wet‑Floodproofed Cellar and Gabion Wall — Planned Retrofit to Dry Floodproofing If DOT Raises Street

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  Jul 30

  Sapphire Street rezoning hearing: City Planning Commission heard technical answers about a wet‑floodproofed cellar and a permeable gabion wall at 13527 Sapphire Street, and the applicant said the cellar will… more ›