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  • Study Maps Urban Heat Islands With Focus on Environmental Justice

    Study Maps Urban Heat Islands With Focus on Environmental Justice

    A new collaborative project is heat-mapping parts of New York City with a focus on improving health outcomes and addressing long-standing environmental justice issues.

  • New York City’s Hidden Old-Growth Forests

    New York City’s Hidden Old-Growth Forests

    Scientists are uncovering centuries of climate data and human history from giant old timbers saved from demolished structures.

  • Governing New York City

    Governing New York City

    It would be terrific if the next mayor leveled with us and recruited all New Yorkers to be part of a real effort at community building. Perhaps we might finally respond to this tale of two cities, and lift all of the city’s children out of poverty.

  • It’s Time to Invest in New York City’s Parks

    It’s Time to Invest in New York City’s Parks

    The Biden administration is gearing up for a major effort to rebuild our old and decaying infrastructure: to invest in the economic well-being of all Americans. Let’s make sure New York’s parks are included.

  • New York City’s Trash Dilemmas — and Opportunities

    New York City’s Trash Dilemmas — and Opportunities

    A conversation with Professor Steven Cohen on how to make New York City’s waste management less noxious and more equitable.

  • The Next New York City

    The Next New York City

    If we are successful in modernizing our economy and greening our infrastructure, and if we do this in a way that expands opportunity, then New York City should seamlessly regain its symbolic and actual place in our economy and in our consciousness.

  • Reviving New York City

    Reviving New York City

    My hope is that when we elect our new mayor during the June Democratic primary, we elect a leader who is ready to ask all of us “not what New York City can do for us, but what we can do for New York City.”

  • Remembering the Honorable David Dinkins

    Remembering the Honorable David Dinkins

    David Dinkins made us stronger, but he also made us and our city better, and we should honor his memory in this difficult time by rededicating ourselves to public service.

  • New Tools Track Action on Climate Laws in New York State and NYC

    New Tools Track Action on Climate Laws in New York State and NYC

    The trackers will help to hold officials accountable for meeting important climate deadlines.

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  • Study Maps Urban Heat Islands With Focus on Environmental Justice

    Study Maps Urban Heat Islands With Focus on Environmental Justice

    A new collaborative project is heat-mapping parts of New York City with a focus on improving health outcomes and addressing long-standing environmental justice issues.

  • New York City’s Hidden Old-Growth Forests

    New York City’s Hidden Old-Growth Forests

    Scientists are uncovering centuries of climate data and human history from giant old timbers saved from demolished structures.

  • Governing New York City

    Governing New York City

    It would be terrific if the next mayor leveled with us and recruited all New Yorkers to be part of a real effort at community building. Perhaps we might finally respond to this tale of two cities, and lift all of the city’s children out of poverty.

  • It’s Time to Invest in New York City’s Parks

    It’s Time to Invest in New York City’s Parks

    The Biden administration is gearing up for a major effort to rebuild our old and decaying infrastructure: to invest in the economic well-being of all Americans. Let’s make sure New York’s parks are included.

  • New York City’s Trash Dilemmas — and Opportunities

    New York City’s Trash Dilemmas — and Opportunities

    A conversation with Professor Steven Cohen on how to make New York City’s waste management less noxious and more equitable.

  • The Next New York City

    The Next New York City

    If we are successful in modernizing our economy and greening our infrastructure, and if we do this in a way that expands opportunity, then New York City should seamlessly regain its symbolic and actual place in our economy and in our consciousness.

  • Reviving New York City

    Reviving New York City

    My hope is that when we elect our new mayor during the June Democratic primary, we elect a leader who is ready to ask all of us “not what New York City can do for us, but what we can do for New York City.”

  • Remembering the Honorable David Dinkins

    Remembering the Honorable David Dinkins

    David Dinkins made us stronger, but he also made us and our city better, and we should honor his memory in this difficult time by rededicating ourselves to public service.

  • New Tools Track Action on Climate Laws in New York State and NYC

    New Tools Track Action on Climate Laws in New York State and NYC

    The trackers will help to hold officials accountable for meeting important climate deadlines.