Preserving Wi-Fi in a Disaster
A mesh network with a series of routers may be installed in Far Rockaway to preserve Wi-Fi in a disaster and thereby keep community members connected, The Wave reports.
View ArticleClimate Crisis Hits Close to Home for Filipinos
Filipino Americans are being urged to join the People's Climate March in NY, with the anniversary of last year's typhoon approaching and given the vulnerability of the Philippines to climate change,...
View ArticleJewish Groups Mobilize for NYC Climate March
From the national BBYO Jewish youth movement to the Park Slope Moishe House, nearly 100 Jewish groups have joined the list of sponsors for the September 21 People's Climate March, reports The Jewish...
View ArticleSouth Bronx Marches for Climate Change
Tired of being the "junk yard" of the city, residents say they want "green jobs."
View ArticleThousands Show up at African American Parade
For marchers at the African American Day Parade, social justice concerns ranked higher than climate change on the community's agenda, reports Brooklyn Brief.
View ArticleIndigenous Communities Lead the Climate March
Indigenous community representatives spoke of the special meaning the event held for them.
View ArticleFEMA Dollars for Rockaway: More Than Budgeted by City?
The Wave reports that NYC officials are grappling with the news that FEMA will award more money to rebuild the Rockaway Boardwalk than the city budgeted.
View ArticleDo You Feel Safer Since Sandy?
Reporters from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, climate news site AdaptNY, and NY Environment Report went to two neighborhoods hit hard by Sandy two years ago, and early reports are in Gotham...
View ArticleBrooklyn Couple to Promote Beekeeping in Haiti
A Brooklyn couple's love for beekeeping has led to the idea of promoting it in Haiti, where it could generate income for the unemployed youth, reports Caribbean Life.
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Bronx Residents Want Medical Waste Facility Out
Stericycle’s Port Morris medical waste transfer facility has drawn harsh rebukes from residents, activists and public officials. (Photo by Joe Hirsch via Mott Haven Herald) Bronx residents and local...
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Making Good on Buddhist ‘Mercy Releases’
A “compassionate release” (Photo via Open City) The Buddhist practice of “mercy release” or “release life” – in which an animal held captive, say in a Chinatown shop, is released – is well-intentioned....
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Helping Houses of Worship, Two Years Post-Sandy
Coney Island’s United Community Church (Photo by Matthew Taub via Brooklyn Brief) New York City’s Build it Back program may finally be making headway in helping homeowners devastated by Hurricane Sandy...
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A New Post-Sandy Stress Relief Program
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and YANA founder Sal Lopizzo stand in front of an iHelp workstation at YANA. (Photo via The Wave) According to the Mental Health Association of New York City (MHA-NYC), there...
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Restored Garden in the Bronx Gets Mixed Reviews
The newly restored Willis Avenue Community Garden (Photo via Mott Haven Herald) The Willis Avenue Community Garden, which reopened recently after a nine-month renovation, is getting mixed reviews from...
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Wind Power on the Brooklyn Waterfront
Wind turbine at Sims Municipal Recycling in Sunset Park (Photo courtesy of the company via Brooklyn Daily Eagle) The city’s largest wind turbine, measuring 160 feet tall to the top of its blades, is...
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Fighting for ‘Waste Equity’ in Trash-Burdened Areas
A waste facility in the South Bronx (Photo by Sarah Crean via New York Environment Report) Just three city neighborhoods – the South Bronx, North Brooklyn and Southeast Queens – process 70 percent of...
View ArticleWorrying About FreshDirect in the Bronx
FreshDirect, the online grocery delivery company, is moving ahead with plans to relocate its diesel trucking operation to the state-owned Harlem River Yards location in the South Bronx by next year....
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Cleaning Up the Bronx River
More cleanup of the Bronx River is planned. (Photo by Skyler Reid via The Hunts Point Express) While the Bronx River has been cleaned of many of the toxins and waste that used to pollute it, sewage...
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Surveying New Yorkers in Seven Languages
New York City’s long-term plan is updated every four years, and Mayor Bill de Blasio will offer the newest version, PlaNYC, on Earth Day, April 22. The idea, according to a statement from de Blasio, is...
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Sunset Park Students Study the Amazon
Checking out the Amazon jungle (Photo by Eric Sackler via Brooklyn Daily) Twenty-five middle school students from Sunset Park recently got the chance to spend a week in the Peruvian Amazon as part of...
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