Leaf these trees alone. Plant-loving locals are looking to block the city from chopping down 78 trees in Fort Greene Park – a move they say would turn the greenspace into a “summer frying pan.” A group of residents in Brooklyn’s trendy Fort Greene is suing the city and fighting with the parks conservancy over … Read more
Manhattan’s congestion zone has created a fast lane for the ultra-wealthy, the CEO of a luxury transportation service said – as President Trump and New York leaders tangle over the program. UrbanRide CEO Jeremy Milikow said his “elite” clients are able to zoom around New York from meeting to meeting like never before while he … Read more
Brooklyn is branching out. The Borough of Trees is getting a first-of-its-kind Japanese mini-forest this spring – which is slated to improve air quality, prevent flooding and beautify a “dilapidated” section of waterfront Williamsburg. The Borough of Trees is getting a first-of-its-kind, Japanese mini-forest this spring at the Williamsburg waterfront. NY Post/Dorian Geiger The collection … Read more
Marine Park residents fear two planned battery-storage facilities could turn their neighborhood into a “miniature Chernobyl” — with the potential for toxic chemical leaks and major fire hazards. NineDot Energy, a green-energy storage company, is preparing to open the Battery Energy Storage Systems on Flatbush Avenue on either side of Quentin Road, one of which … Read more
Caitlin Doornbos, a Washington correspondent at the New York Post, won a prestigious journalism award Tuesday night for a series of riveting stories she wrote while bravely embedding with troops in war-torn Ukraine last year. Doornbos’ fearless coverage — which included dispatches from the battlefield along with a secret weapons repair base — earned her the … Read more
The MTA is already trumpeting the success of its controversial congestion pricing plan, which it says has sliced travel times and cut the number of cars on the road — although data about revenue and air quality is still forthcoming. Juliette Michaelson, the agency’s deputy chief of policy and external relations, said at the MTA … Read more
Dozens of Brooklynites raged Wednesday over a city-run concrete recycling facility that has been blanketing Cobble Hill in thick layers of dust for a year — spouting concerns that the fumes are making them sick. More than 50 people formed a human shield outside the SIM Municipal Recycling to block trucks from entering Wednesday — … Read more
Big Apple eateries say a new “char broil” rule is totally half-baked. The city’s environmental cops could force restaurants that use char broilers to cut their smoky emissions by 75% — or figure out a new way to cook meat and fish. Restaurants that char-broil more than 875 pounds of meat per week would be … Read more
New York offered New Jersey a measly $3 discount for its drivers crossing into Manhattan to try to offset the new $9 Midtown toll, but Garden State officials scoffed the break would mean virtually nothing once the tax jumps to $15, sources say. The pooh-poohed proposal was pitched during secret court-ordered negotiations to try to … Read more
A New Jersey federal judge Friday shot down a last-ditch attempt to stop New York City’s controversial congestion toll from taking effect Sunday. Judge Leo Gordon clarified that his Monday ruling — finding that the toll plan didn’t sufficiently lay out a plan to mitigate the impacts the toll would have on New Jersey — … Read more