Beyond Con Ed: For New York, Public Power is the Past and the Future
There’s an alternative to the utility monopoly’s soaring rates, shoddy service and indifference to climate change.
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After 10 Months, Teamsters Still on Strike at Brooklyn Oil Terminal
Ten dollar an hour pay disparity fuels oil terminal workers battle with billionaire boss.
We Went to Court for Climate, but Albany is the Real Culprit
Photo: Climate activists from New York City DSA rally near City Hall last June to demand that the state…
Editor’s Note: Reverend Billy Talen and the New York City-based Church of Stop Shopping Choir have joined thousands of…
The Heat is On: Sweeping Actions Urged Ahead of U.N. Climate Summit
Each new year brings record high temperatures, expanded wildfires, intensified hurricanes, floods and droughts, melting permafrost, acidification of the…
Before We Can Fight for the Planet, We Need to Learn How to Talk With the Earth
The nation-states, corporations and NGO’s of the environmental movement never address the Earth in a personal way. But they will eventually.
Residents Speak Out as Mayor Moves Forward with Plan to Bulldoze East River Park
The plan is not the only way to protect the flood zone. In 2018, Mayor de Blasio overruled a plan that would save the park while still providing flood protection.
It’s a strange time to be stepping outside in New York City. There’s the still-looming pandemic, the string of…
Stringer Blocks Controversial East River Coastal Resiliency Contract, For Now
His decision comes two days after critics rallied outside his office.
We look at the centuries-old struggle for public parks that serve all New Yorkers, not just the rich.