Health and Environment
How to Care for Your NYC Street Tree, and Strengthen Democracy
Harry DiPrinzio |
A reader recently asked about an ailing tree on her block. She had reported it to the city but nothing was happening. What could she do?
buyout
Income Inequality is Making it Harder to Escape Storm Risk on Staten Island
Arturo Conde |
In areas hit hard by Sandy, the choice between rebuilding or retreating isn’t easy for anyone. It’s harder for those whose finances make elevating their home or accepting a buyout all but impossible.
China
Other Cities Face Trash Crises, but NYC is Navigating China’s Recycling Import Ban
Amir Khafagy |
The city has been able to insulate itself from the impact of the Chinese ban thanks in part to its size as well as the city’s long-term vision that allowed it to build a local recycling infrastructure.
biodiversity
Climate Change Poses Serious Challenges for City’s Natural Areas
Harry DiPrinzio |
Three experts on New York City’s environment on New York City’s natural areas, the biodiversity that exists within them and how climate change is going to affect them.
Age Justice
Leave the Bronx for One’s Golden Years? ‘Hell No!’
Dalvin Brown, Shoshannah Buxbaum, Danielle Cruz, Rachel Green, Buzz Von Ornsteiner, Hafsa Quraishi, Kelsie Sandoval, Jill Shah and Rachel Sherman |
To get a sense of what older Bronx residents were doing and thinking on a typical day, City Limits and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism teamed up this week to collect a few vignettes of aging in the borough.
Bronx
NYC to Get New Hub for Locally Grown Food
Harry DiPrinzio |
The new Bronx distribution facility for regional food will boost supply and potentially lower price, backers say.
Protecting Biodiversity in the Big Apple
City Limits |
Join City Limits for a panel discussion on the intersection of climate change, urban growth, and policy choices in NYC.
Age Justice
NY’s Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Raise Concerns About Quality of Care
Virginia Jeffries and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky |
In New York City’s worst-staffed homes, nursing home residents get fewer than three hours on average of direct nursing care each day—below the recommended amount. City Limits found that those gaps have serious consequences for residents.
baseball
New Sports, More Players and Limited Space are a Challenge to NYC Parks
Marc Bussanich |
In 2017, the city’s Parks Department issued 8,100 athletic permits for 877,000 hours of athletic time on DPR’s 800 ballfields—satisfying most but nowhere near all the demand for space. There are indications that pressures around parks permits are increasing.
biking
It’s Been Slow-Pedaling for Bike Infrastructure in Bushwick
Rachel Rippetoe |
The neighborhood has been in the middle of a tug-of-war between some local leaders and citywide policy over how far to go to accomodate bikers.
