via New York Daily News
Anti-Gang Program is a SNUG Fit
Operation SNUG uses mentoring by former gang members and activities like basketball to help steer young men away from street violence.
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Growing Hopes and Fears for Trees
The MillionTreeNYC planting program comes as budget cuts and stormy weather impact trees across the city.
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Putting the Hudson River to the Test
Hudson River users are testing the waters for contaminants in the wake of July's sewage treatment plant fire in Harlem.
City Tunes in to TV Tourism
New York's cachet as the home of shows from "Seinfeld" to "Gossip Girls" helped drive a record 48 million visitors to the city last year.
via Queens West Villager
Salvaging the Art of Recycling
Materials for the Arts – the city's largest non-profit municipal reuse program – offers artists thousands of items that otherwise would have been headed for the trash.
Board Game Store Roles the Dice
Brooklyn's Twenty Sided Store sells board games, but dedicates much of its space to tables for gaming events.
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Dog Waste Could Brighten Parks
An NYU student is applying for grant to put machines into dog parks that would turn animal waste into energy to power lamps.
via New York Daily News
Neighborhood Plagued by Dirty Parks
Parks in a swath of Brooklyn that includes Canarsie and Flatlands have earned the city's lowest cleanliness marks for the last three years, records show.