by Syed Haq | Dec 3, 2021 | 2021
Audio Files · The Future of North Brooklyn Depends on an Air Permit Environmentalists and other residents of North Brooklyn are withholding money from their gas bill as a sign of protest. They are protesting the expansion of the North Brooklyn Pipeline and two new...
by Clark Adomaitis | Dec 3, 2021 | 2021
Audio Files · Recycling in NY Needs Fixing Only 18% of trash from New York City homes is actually recycled. Some of it is just too small to be separated, and some types of plastics are not recyclable at all. A lot of the plastic we throw in the blue bin ends up...
by Yessenia Moreno | Dec 3, 2021 | 2021
Audio Files · Health Care Proxies in the Time of COVID Caption: Tania Cross and friend, Nicco Beretta, embrace at Larry Sparkman’s memorial. (Photo by Yessenia Moreno) More than 55,000 people have died of COVID in the state of New York since the beginning of the...
by Hannah Fullmer | Dec 3, 2021 | 2021
Audio Files · A Scavenger Hunt to Support NYC Street Vendors Colder weather can mean bad business for the city’s street vendors. But the Urban Justice Center hopes a month-long, city-wide Street Vendor scavenger can encourage New Yorkers to support these local...
by Denny Jacob | Dec 3, 2021 | 2021
Audio Files · Bodegas Move Online Caption: New Green Earth Deli owner Francisco Marte says My Bodega Online isn’t helping the business much just yet because many people don’t know about it yet. (Photo by Denny Jacob) Like every other business in the city,...
by Syed Haq | Nov 30, 2021 | 2021
Audio Files · Is New York Back? The Fight For Fair Housing, Relief Funds And Reliable Commutes(S10,E3)11/17/21 F.E In the fourth episode of season 10, we take a trip around New York to see what’s going on with renters, restaurant owners and the arts in the city that...
