AudioFiles: Revival
From the return of shellfish in New York Harbor to the latest incarnation of Grey's Papaya, our podcast looks at comeback stories.
Topic: Environment
via The Courier Sun
Queens Lot Eyed as Urban Farm
Some Far Rockaway residents want to see fruits and vegetables – and not housing – sprout from the city-owned parcel.
Billionaires’ Row Critics Line Up
New buildings are rising on 57th Street, changing the streetscape and troubling some New Yorkers.
Fielding Lead Concerns
Authorities temporarily shut seven ball fields in Red Hook amid findings of elevated lead levels in the soil. Meanwhile, an adjacent track remains open.
via Reel 13
Tiger Hoods at the BQE
Alfred G. Evans uses found items to create mini golf courses in the shadow of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
via Bensonhurst Bean
New Life for Old Clothes
The Sanitation Department is mulling extending its curbside textile collection pilot program.
via New York Daily News
Chased by Sandy, Caught by Mold
The Santana family left one NYCHA apartment after Superstorm Sandy, only to be moved to another filled with mold.
via Gotham Gazette
Stepping up Fines on Litterbugs
Two bills discussed at a recent City Council hearing aim to increase penalties for littering and illegal dumping.