These New Yorkers are fuming. More than 100 residents from a pair of Queens and Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods slammed a city-contracted asphalt recycling plant near their homes at a tense meeting Tuesday over its smelly, “burning rubber”-like emissions that they fear are making them sick. The plant, which has operated in Long Island City, Queens, … Read more
The MTA launched a major overhaul of the Queens bus system — with trained “ambassadors” deployed into the community to warn riders of the upheaval. MTA CEO Janno Lieber showed up to join the ambassadors to speak to community members Monday — one day after the launch of the redesign, which includes 16 new routes, … Read more
A Long Island City asphalt recycling plant is spraying a “choking” stink along the Newtown Creek — leaving state regulators fuming and residents plugging their noses. State regulators first raised a stink about the noxious fumes from Green Asphalt back in January 2024, when the company was accused of spewing emissions that “unreasonably interfered with … Read more
Time for these trees to take a bough. Dozens of leafy legends across the five boroughs have been added to the city’s tree hall of fame this week — which is the first time the Big Apple’s official roll call of top timber has been updated since 1985. One of the impressive additions to the … Read more
We’re barking up the wrong trees. A new study reveals that a majority of the 7 million trees in New York City are emitting “volatile compounds” that do more harm than good for our air quality — especially during scorching heat. “We’re all for planting more trees. They bring so many good things,” said study … Read more
The Issue: Gov. Hochul’s veto of an MTA plan to charge a $750,000 fee to run the New York Marathon. Kudos to Gov. Hochul for nixing the insane bridge fee and putting the MTA in its place (“Kat: I toll you no!” April 5). Now continue with bail reform and put the criminals in their … Read more
What could be more civilized than a world-class Grand Slam tennis tournament, an opportunity for New York City to show its best, most competent and sophisticated face to players, tourists and viewers from around the world? Nope: This year’s US Open, which ended Sunday, encapsulated everything that has gone wrong with New York in the … Read more
In a new high for absurdity in city Democratic politics, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards indirectly accused City Councilman Robert Holden, a fellow Democrat, of racism for . . . attacking congestion pricing. Yes, that’s right: Being against the MTA plan that will hurt the city’s (far more diverse) outer-borough residents and, per the MTA’s … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that the Big Apple will spend $35 million to help convert unused train tracks in Queens into a park — a plan critics say could prevent restoring transit service to the area. The funds will pay for the design and construction of the first phase of the estimated $150 million … Read more