Archive for 'Environment'
Bronx hurricane shelters open
Posted on 26. Aug, 2011 by cunyjschool.
With Hurricane Irene barreling up the east coast on a slow but seemingly sure collision course with New York City this weekend, some residents in low-lying areas like Coney Island and the Rockaways are being urged to seek higher ground. Below is a listing of Bronx hurricane shelters where anyone living in an area at [...]
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From the editor: Say no to an incinerator
Posted on 21. Aug, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
Twelve years ago, a huge crane pried the stacks off the South Bronx Medical Waste Incinerator on the eastern end of 138th Street where it meets the East River. Hundreds of Bronxites who had protested that it was poisoning the air they breathed cheered as the last incinerator in New York City was dismantled. Now [...]
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Courts: City must monitor schools for environmental hazards
Posted on 02. Aug, 2011 by Paul DeBenedetto.
Parents and community leaders have won a victory in a long-running debate over environmental hazards in the Mott Haven school campus at Concourse Village near E. 153 Street. The court ordered the School Construction Authority to conduct a new environmental review of plans to monitor the four new schools in the Mott Haven school campus [...]
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Advocates say: Put the brook back in Brook Park
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Cheryl Chan.
Restoring a stream would bring environmental benefits Brook Park takes its name from Mill Brook, whose waters once burbled through today’s Webster and Brook Avenues. Now the environmental organization that helps oversee the park wants to bring the brook back. “What we are trying to do here is make a green park, and a blue [...]
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South Bronx celebrates Earth Day in the rain
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Daniel Rosenblum.
Hundreds streamed into St. Mary’s Park for the fourth annual South Bronx Earth Fest on April 16 for music, dancing and educational events, but one thing was clear: the environment was center stage. Green-themed games abounded, such as a Butterfly Project table, where kids crawled around while learning about butterfly habitats, and Materials for the [...]
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City owes Mott Haven tenants jobs, advocates contend
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Stuart White.
The New York City Housing Authority has reneged on a decade-old commitment to put job-hungry tenants to work making the buildings they live in cleaner and healthier, according to housing advocates. Advocacy groups in the South Bronx are trying to change that.
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Science discussions held at SweetWater’s
Posted on 07. Feb, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Scientists from city universities will continue to lead informal get-togethers and discussions about wide-ranging topics at SweetWaters Restaurant in Mott Haven on the last Mondays of the month. The Bronx Science Cafe Series reconvenes at the bar & restaurant at the corner of 139th St. and 3rd Ave. on Monday, February 28th between 6 and [...]
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Cooking grease stirs debate in Port Morris
Posted on 22. Jan, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
A proposal that clean air advocates say will cut air pollution nationally has some Port Morris residents saying “Maybe so, but what about our air?”
They expressed concern about a proposal to store used cooking oil in a former garage on East 140th Street at a public forum in January.
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Recycler seeks public comment
Posted on 18. Jan, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
A public informational meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 19 between 5 and 7 p.m. for residents to learn more about a proposed facility in Port Morris that would recycle grease. The meeting will be held at 885 East 140th St., between Walnut and Locust Avenues in Port Morris. Non-profit group The Doe Fund has [...]
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New jobs coming to Port Morris
Posted on 11. Jan, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Two dozen new “green” jobs are on the way to Port Morris, between now and the end of 2012, most of which will be reserved for low-income residents to fill. Parallel Products, Inc., a facility on E. 138th St. that recycles aluminum, plastic and glass containers, will expand its operations, thanks to nearly $400,000 in [...]
