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Honorees (l to r) Price, Silver and Zakaria.
BCS hosts its annual BCS Human Spirit Awards gala dinner Monday, June 1, 2015, at the Grand Hyatt-Manhattan Ballroom (109 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017) with inspiring honorees
Poor facilities have discouraged NYCHA residents from recycling for years. While some tenants took matters into their own hands and the de Blasio administration promises a better approach, one environmental group is taking steps toward a lawsuit.
Mayor de Blasio wants to spare residents the hassle of separating paper from glass, metal and plastic. The move will likely boost recycling but its impact on city finances, commercial carters and total waste levels is hard to predict.
In the aftermath of the deadly March 26 blast, rent-stabilized tenants whose apartments were destroyed may have a right to return—depending on what happens at the site and who’s deemed responsible for the blast.
City records display a sometimes hidden side of daily life in the city—the minor mishaps and serious accidents that occur on construction sites.
Facing a growing fiscal crisis and crumbling infrastructure, City Hall has called for building affordable housing—and, in some cases, market-rate apartments—on Housing Authority land as part of a broad strategy to save the system that houses 400,000 New Yorkers.
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