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Trump Climate Cuts ‘Devastating’ to Local Flood Protection Projects

by Samantha Maldonado April 9, 2025, 5:12 p.m.April 9, 2025, 5:12 p.m.

All five boroughs are affected by the cancellation of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which funds more than $300 million in projects to ward off coastal and rainfall threats.

Sabina Sethi Unni gives notes during a rehearsal her play “Flood Sensor Aunty” in Long Island City.

Climate Change

With Chai and Chappell Roan, Play Puts a Spotlight on Flood Preparedness

by Samantha Maldonado April 1, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 1, 2025, 10:32 a.m.

“Flood Sensor Aunty” taps South Asian culture to connect with New Yorkers on navigating waters’ threats.

Dozens of anti-DOGE demonstrators held a die-in at the Stock Exchange to protest steep budget cuts.

How to New York

How GOP Budget Cuts Could Affect NYC: Your Questions Answered

by Rachel Kahn and Mia Hollie March 20, 2025, 5:00 a.m.July 15, 2025, 1:41 p.m.

It’s not just programs that receive federal funding that could be at risk.

Environment

Wind Power Projects Slam Into Trump Permit Pause

by Samantha Maldonado March 13, 2025, 3:16 p.m.March 13, 2025, 3:16 p.m.

Offshore wind in New York once looked breezy but is now facing headwinds. Wind turbines soon to begin construction miles off the coast have the potential to deliver significant amounts of clean, electric power to the state, staving off blackouts in the future as the need for electricity increases and greening New York City’s grid, […]

A rendering shows plans for an echo-friendly affordable housing development at 1946 E. 7th St. in Gravesend, Brooklyn.

Climate Change

Brooklyn Senior Housing Project First to Get on Green Fast Track Approval Process

by Samantha Maldonado March 3, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 2, 2025, 11:50 a.m.

A development in Homecrest takes advantage of new rules aimed at halving pre-planning review for some environmentally sensitive apartment projects.

Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at her Midtown office about congestion pricing funds being used to complete the Interborough Express.

Environment

Green Lawmakers Pressure Hochul to Speed up Action on Climate Act

by Samantha Maldonado Feb. 11, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 10, 2025, 5:25 p.m.

In a replay of congestion pricing delays, the governor buys more time on long-postponed measures to roll out greenhouse gas controls.

Environment

Rats! Global Study Finds Rodent Boom Linked to Climate Change in NYC and Beyond

by Samantha Maldonado Feb. 4, 2025, 4:52 p.m.Feb. 4, 2025, 7:59 p.m.

Urban ecologists looked at 16 cities from Tokyo to New Orleans and found New York City had the fourth-highest rat population increase.

Vacant lots and damaged homes dotted the Edgemere section of the Rockaways after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the peninsula.

Climate Change

NYC Is in Store for an LA-Level Housing Loss Calamity in Floods, Report Predicts

by Samantha Maldonado Feb. 4, 2025, 7:55 a.m.Feb. 4, 2025, 7:55 a.m.

Some 19,000 homes could be wiped out in the next 15 years in high tides and storms supercharged by climate change, destruction surpassing the toll of Hurricane Sandy.

Marisol Genao stands in the doorway of her ypress Hills home with newly installed insulated windows.

Environment

These Brooklyn Homeowners Couldn’t Afford to Go Green. Then Help Arrived.

by Samantha Maldonado Dec. 18, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 18, 2024, 10:35 a.m.

EnergyFit, a collective run by three borough-based organizations, aims to repair and retrofit dozens of two- and three-family properties in the span of two years.

Environment

Trump Presidency Looms Over New York’s Ambitious Climate Agenda

by Samantha Maldonado Nov. 15, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 14, 2024, 8:31 p.m.

With former Hochul rival Lee Zeldin nominated as next EPA commissioner, commitments to carbon-free electricity and steeply reduced greenhouse gas emissions grow increasingly hazy.

Climate Change

Trump Climate Cuts ‘Devastating’ to Local Flood Protection Projects

With Chai and Chappell Roan, Play Puts a Spotlight on Flood Preparedness

How GOP Budget Cuts Could Affect NYC: Your Questions Answered

Wind Power Projects Slam Into Trump Permit Pause

Brooklyn Senior Housing Project First to Get on Green Fast Track Approval Process

Green Lawmakers Pressure Hochul to Speed up Action on Climate Act

Rats! Global Study Finds Rodent Boom Linked to Climate Change in NYC and Beyond

NYC Is in Store for an LA-Level Housing Loss Calamity in Floods, Report Predicts

These Brooklyn Homeowners Couldn’t Afford to Go Green. Then Help Arrived.

Trump Presidency Looms Over New York’s Ambitious Climate Agenda

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