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On heels of bid for House speaker, protesters call for Jeffries to be a ‘climate leader’

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Red Hook

Gallery walls: Red Hook Community Justice Center teams up with city to give nabe’s temporary flood walls a makeover

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Offshore Wind Ecosystem Fund from Equinor offers $5M in grants for New Yorkers

By Ximena Del Cerro

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First leg of Con Edison’s ‘Reliable Clean City’ projects halfway done in Queens; construction underway in Brooklyn and Staten Island

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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PoliticsNY

NYC to purchase 51 new electric school buses with $18.5M in federal funds

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PoliticsNY

Adams says city will only build electric-powered schools going forward

The check donated by Council Member Ari Kagan will go towards capital needs of the NY Aquarium.

Coney aquarium gets $4.5 million in capital funds to support programming

By Jada Camille

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Canarsie

As Sandy anniversary nears, Canarsie celebrates completion of Fresh Creek Coastal Resiliency Project

By Caroline Ourso

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Gowanus

‘A very strong partnership’: Gowanus Mutual Aid, NYCHA tenant leaders, and pols team up on food giveaways

By Kirstyn Brendlen

coney island after superstorm sandy

A decade after Sandy, $52 billion climate vulnerability plan would bring flood gates, sea walls to Brooklyn’s coastal nabes

By Ximena Del Cerro & Kirstyn Brendlen

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National Grid gets chilly reception at Greenpoint Energy Center rate case hearings

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Tree pruning in Brooklyn and Queens axed since last year due to alleged insurance scam

By Ben Brachfeld

people at press conference on national grid vaporizers at city hall

‘A threat to our livelihoods:’ Ahead of National Grid hearings, BK pols urge action against new gas vaporizers

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Mayor Eric Adams holds onto the device.

PoliticsNY

On one-year anniversary of Ida, Adams unveils new measures to mitigate flooding from future storms

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Too darn hot: East Flatbush tops list of vulnerable nabes in need of Cooling Centers, comptroller says

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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PoliticsNY

NYCHA to get advanced HVAC system to reduce greenhouse gas

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