Morning Brief: May 22

May 22, 2015|Jeff Coltin

It’s Memorial Day weekend and thousands of travelers are going to be hitting the road for the beach the mountains, and the...

Bratton Faces Tension at Council Budget Hearing

May 21, 2015|Stephanie Colombini
Tensions between New York's Police Department and the public seeped into the City Council chambers today.  Police...

Advocacy Group Pushes to Stop Construction of New Garbage Facility

May 21, 2015|Blaine Kaniewski

With construction underway on a garbage transfer facility on Manhattan's Upper East Side, community residents and advocates...

Morning Brief: May 21

May 21, 2015|Jeff Coltin

Notice a sea breeze blowing in? It’s Fleet Week! Members of the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard will be docking in New York...

Advocates Say NYCHA Recycling Barely Exists

May 20, 2015|Stephanie Colombini
New York City law requires landlords of buildings with four or more units to provide recycling services to all its residents...

NY Lawmaker Calls for Limits on Synthetic Pesticides in City Parks

May 20, 2015|Blaine Kaniewski

New York City Councilman Ben Kallos plans to introduce legislation Thursday to keep the pesticide known as RoundUp out of...

Morning Brief: May 20

May 20, 2015|Jeff Coltin

Bob Dylan, President Obama, and a bunch of stupid pets—David Letterman’s done it all, and all of it is coming to an end...

Mayor Launches 10-Year Plan for NYCHA 'Crisis'

May 19, 2015|Katie Meyer

The New York City Housing Authority is getting an overhaul. Mayor de Blasio is launching a ten-year plan called NextGenerati...

White House Plan Aims to Save the Honeybee

May 19, 2015|Rebecca Lewis

The White House announced a national strategy to help save honeybees on Tuesday. The plan is based on recommendations of the...

20 Somethings

May 19, 2015|Blake Christy

Emerging Adulthood and 20 Somethings and the Church

Articles, books, blogs, and other internet postings are popping up in an...