Developers Eye Former Yonkers Landfill For Retail Space
... former Austin Avenue landfill. Photo Credit: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ... The currently vacant seven-acre site near I-87 once was part of a landfill operated by the City of Yonkers until 1979. Left behind are remnants ...yonkers.dailyvoice.com
Guilty plea for illegal landfill in NYC watershed
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says a man who admitted operating an illegal landfill within the New York City watershed will face four months in jail and five years' probation at sentencing. The attorney general's office ...online.wsj.com
Don't Rebuild: Redesign
Perhaps the New York Times' Michael Kimmelman said it best, in the concise lexicon of 140 characters, when he tweeted on election day, "Hope post-election, we can finally take big steps as a city, region nation to deal w costs, plans re: climate change ...www.huffingtonpost.com
The Transformation of Freshkills Park From Landfill to Landscape
Larger than Central Park, the Staten Island landfill was established in 1948 by Robert Moses, the self-proclaimed "master builder" of New York City, responsible for much of the city's controversial infrastructure and urban development policies during ...blogs.smithsonianmag.com
Extending Life of Landfill: CG vies for $5M grant
It's probably a long shot, but Casa Grande has thrown its hat in the ring to win $5 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies for its efforts to extend the life of the city landfill. According to the organization, headed by New York City Mayor Michael ...www.trivalleycentral.com
Coming Storm Could Seriously Set Back Recovery From Sandy
The areas hit hardest by Sandy in New York City work intensely now to clean up, but their greatest concern is that the Nor'easter forecast to hit our area this Wednesday will significantly set back their efforts to recover, and could make their bad ...www.wpix.com
US Army Corps of Engineers work with the New York Department of Sanitation In ...
On the City of New York Parks and Recreation web site, there are plans to transform the Fresh Kills Landfill into a new public park called Fresh Kills Park over the next 30 years.www.dvidshub.net
Reimagining Waste: What We Build on Former Landfills
Staten Island in New York City used to be home to the largest landfill in the world. Fresh Kills landfill received the city's trash for decades before finally being closed in 2001, when the last garbage - debris from the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks ...earth911.com
Progressive Waste targets Northeast US, Washington DC area
"For the longest time, we were feeding all three of our Northeast landfills out of New York City and everybody knows the Northeast, and [in] particular New York City, that economy has been challenged," Quarin said. Progressive Waste entered the ...www.wasterecyclingnews.com
Protecting the City, Before Next Time
Does the city continue to build ever-sturdier and ever-higher sea walls? Or does it accept the uncomfortable idea that parts of New York will occasionally flood and that the smarter method is to make the local infrastructure more elastic and better ...www.nytimes.com
Giant Solar Saucer To Land In New York's Freshkills Park
All right, we may be inflating this just a bit - the structure only looks like a flying saucer, and there's no guarantee that it will actually wind up occupying the east side of the park planned for New York City's capped landfill (though that is the ...www.earthtechling.com
Dredging the World of New York City's Waterways
And the beach at Dead Horse Bay, on the southern shores of the Floyd Bennett Field, is basically a landfill containing of 120 years' worth of glass, nylons, doll parts, and horse bones.www.vice.com
Sandy and US politics
Hurricane Sandy (a silly name for a monster storm that killed at least 62 people and caused $20 billion damage) ravaged coastal New Jersey and inflicted huge water and wind damage on parts of New York City. New York is struggling to restore power ...www.nation.com.pk
Solar farm proposed for former City of Troy landfill
If a New York State Energy Research and Development Authority grant is approved for a PILOT proposal, a 90 foot by 90 foot photovoltaic system, which will likely be the beginnings of a larger system that could eventually span 40 acres, will be ...troyrecord.com
Suspect In Etan Patz Case Indicted On Murder, Kidnapping Charges
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - The suspect in the infamous 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old New York City boy says has been indicted on charges of murder and kidnapping.newyork.cbslocal.com
Afternoon Coffee: Hurricane Sandy, Grocery Packaging CSR, Sweden Needs ...
Hurricane Sandy: Deadly Storm Surge Brewing For NY, NJ Coastline -- Significant storm surge will impact New York City and surrounding areas during the landfall of Hurricane Sandy. The projected landfall will place NYC in an onshore wind flow through ...www.spendmatters.com
Family of Woman Killed by Truck in Union Square Sues City for $30 Million
"Upon information and belief, the driver fled the scene and is free to continue driving New York City dump trucks recklessly, while Roxana is dead and her mother, Ms. Oprea, is simply devastated and suffers extreme emotional distress from the loss of ...www.dnainfo.com
Sandy Stirs Toxic-Site Worry
But the agency said its initial appraisals show that several "were impacted by the storm," including a site contaminated by lead near Sayreville, N.J.online.wsj.com
Navy sending fewer ship mattresses to landfills
Navy sending fewer ship mattresses to landfills. Posted: Friday, October 26 ... Hello, Kitty! Macy's is about to introduce the newest balloons for its annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, and the popular Japanese cat character is among them.More ...www.kcautv.com
City architect wins NYC contest
A Winnipeg architect beat out hundreds of designers from around the world with an idea to suspend 99 big red balloons over parts of an old New York City landfill. Emeka Nnadi and his city team say they can harness methane for electricity with the ...www.winnipegfreepress.com
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