Nov. 4, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller New York City officials on Monday explained several measures residents of the five boroughs should take to conserve water days after City Hall declared a “drought watch” following a historically dry October. Rohit Aggarwala, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) commissioner, said Monday that after getting very…
Jul. 26, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller The city is opening a new large-scale migrant tent shelter in the parking lot of the shuttered Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Eastern Queens despite the protests of local officials, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday. The new mega-shelter, to be one of the several so-called “Humanitarian Emergency Response…
Jul. 12, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and several City Council members on Wednesday excoriated officials from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration saying that they failed to adequately respond to smoke from Canadian wildfires that engulfed the five boroughs last month.
Jun. 21, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol forcefully pushed back Wednesday on a City Council bill that would apply right-to-shelter standards for emergency housing opened to accommodate tens of thousands of migrants over the past year.
Jun. 9, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
The city has given the greenlight for weekend events to move forward as smoky conditions that have shrouded the city in recent days begin to dissipate, officials said during a briefing Friday.