Environment News – QNS

A modular Portland Loo restroom is delivered to Hoyt Playground in Queens, one of five installed across the city as part of a pilot program to expand public bathroom access

AMNY

Million dollar potties: Five new modular restrooms open in NYC parks topped $1 million each to install

landscaping

Politics

Krishnan leads push to end city contracts with convicted landscaping company owner

By Czarinna Andres

canners

Bronx Times

Advocates renew push to double bottle and can deposit from 5 to 10 cents

southeast queens

News

Williams fights for flood-prone Southeast Queens communities with new legislation

By Athena Dawson

rozic

News

Assembly Member Nily Rozic leads legislative effort to modernize stormwater infrastructure

By Athena Dawson

nycha

News

NYCHA awards climate action grants to South Jamaica and Rockaways initiatives

By Shane O’Brien

laurelton

Laurelton

Community comes together to spruce up Laurelton garden during third annual beautification event

By Athena Dawson

composting

News

NYC suspends composting fines just weeks after rollout, citing public pushback

By Colum Motherway

juniper valley park

News

Holden urges Parks Department to tweak design of Juniper Valley Park play area after early draft was shared

By Colum Motherway

tree care

News

Council passes tree care legislation to clarify pruning and removal procedures

By Athena Dawson

Councilmember Sandra Ung hosted an e-waste recycling event

News

E-waste recycling event coming to Queens Botanical Garden this Sunday

By QNS News Team

The South Street Seaport was slated to receive $42.4 million in federal funding through FEMA’s BRIC program for critical infrastructure upgrades. The project, now cut, aimed to protect the area from coastal flooding, sea level rise, and extreme weather.

AMNY

Hochul, Schumer blast Trump’s FEMA cuts as NYC loses $280M for climate resiliency projects

Lithium-ion battery

News

Community rallies to stop proposed lithium-ion battery storage site in Middle Village

By Colum Motherway

compost

News

Composting crackdown begins in NYC April 1st with $25 fines for violations

By Colum Motherway

dumping

Bronx Times

NYC dramatically raises fines to curb illegal dumping in parks

renovation

News

Officials break ground on $4.25 million renovation project at Corona’s William F. Moore Park

By Shane O’Brien

News

Trials and tribulations of trash: New bin law aims for cleaner streets but faces resistance and delays

By Colum Motherway and Athena Dawson

a rain gardein next to a NYC street with litter inside

AMNY

NYC’s curbside rain gardens: Are they eco-friendly or just poop-filled eyesores?

Amanda Lefton testifies during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee when she was director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

LI Press

Long Islander Amanda Lefton named new DEC commissioner

USA, New York, woman in the city on a rainy day

AMNY

New York City’s drought watch lifted after higher rainfall and conservation efforts

central queens

Ridgewood

Central Queens waste zone rollout: What businesses need to know

By Colum Motherway

common sense caucus

Ridgewood

Avoid fines: New NYC trash container rules now enforced

By Colum Motherway

New Yorkers in the rain

AMNY

NYC drought: Mayor Adams lifts fireworks and grilling ban after decent November rain – but Big Apple needs more help

Snow shovelers at work

AMNY

Cold cash: Sanitation Department now recruiting for emergency snow shovelers in NYC

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