Here’s How to Compost in New York City The Department of Sanitation is getting serious about making sure New Yorkers sort their food scraps from their trash. Here’s what to do — and what happens to the material.

How to Compost in NYC: A Guide www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/27/h... soooo cool and good @smaldo.bsky.social

To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First How the plan will be funded is unclear. The Mamdani administration has not earmarked money for its tree-expansion initiative.

"Trees across the city serve more than an aesthetic purpose — they add to the health and resiliency of a neighborhood." www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/21/t...

Women Take the Wheel in NYC’s For-Hire Vehicles, Even as Male Drivers Predominate Women lead several key driving trade groups in the city, and though female operators are still in the single digits, their numbers are growing.

"'The hours are so long and the conditions can be dangerous and risky,' said Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Worker Alliance. 'All of that makes it more difficult for women who are usually primary caregivers.'”

www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/21/w...

This Rustic Ferry Is Getting Dismantled in Queens to Become an Artificial Reef The Prudence Ferry has been abandoned for years, but will get a second life in the waters off Fire Island this summer.

Here’s a story from @thecity.nyc that is FERRY MUCH worth your time.
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From @haidee.bsky.social & @lillysabs.bsky.social, it’s good stuff, as they say in the trade. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/20/a...

This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

In return for nearly $77 million in tax breaks, the expansion of a JPMorganChase data center in Orangeburg, NY promises to create exactly one permanent job.

The subsidy is the largest of its kind, per job, in the country.
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This Rustic Ferry Is Getting Dismantled in Queens to Become an Artificial Reef The Prudence Ferry has been abandoned for years, but will get a second life in the waters off Fire Island this summer.

"What used to be an old vessel ... becomes completely colonized by anything from sponges, barnacles, hydroids and anemones."

had no idea so much labor went into prepping a future artificial reef! really cool story from @lillysabs.bsky.social + @haidee.bsky.social:

This Rustic Ferry Is Getting Dismantled in Queens to Become an Artificial Reef The Prudence Ferry has been abandoned for years, but will get a second life in the waters off Fire Island this summer.

"... New Yorkers have been making artificial reefs for about a century, when fishermen in the 1920s began dumping butter tubs half-filled with concrete to enhance the ocean floor’s scarce marine habitat."
www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/20/a...

"The cases all took place in cities and towns on Long Island and in counties north of New York City that lack sanctuary city protections, leaving local law enforcement there free to share information with ICE and to coordinate operations."

"About 40 workers holding “Stop the 24 Hr Workday” signs sat on folding chairs beside the gates of City Hall in 85-degree weather. Fifteen of them began the hunger strike at 1:00 p.m. A previous hunger strike by about two dozen home care workers in 2024 ended after six days."

ICE Comes to the American Heartland After the government declares mission complete in Minneapolis, aggressive ICE occupation continues in small-town Minnesota

ICE Comes to the American Heartland www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @rollingstone.com

hey, thank you! This is my duty <3

“We are facing war against clean energy from Washington Republicans,” Hochul said when the DEC permitted the pipeline after 3 previous rejections.

Some of those Washington Republicans celebrated on her turf today.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/14/t...

Albany Lawmakers Take Up Sweeping Pension Reforms. A Big Winner? Themselves. More than half of all state workers stand to benefit from rolling back the controversial cost-cutting measures enacted in 2012. That includes more than a third of current state legislators.

More than half of all state workers stand to benefit from rolling back the controversial cost-cutting measures enacted in 2012. That includes more than a third of current state legislators.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/15/t...

"“They like to snap the flower off the tree, or I’ve actually seen someone take a branch off,” said Jennifer Engstler, who has lived on the island for 23 years. “I’ve seen people crawl on the trees like kids, or they hang from them. It just — it drives me crazy.”

New Affordable Housing Units Sit Empty for At Least 8 Months, Study Finds Data from a large nonprofit backer of subsidized apartments shows how red tape delays tenants from moving in.

While New Yorkers feel the crush of a housing crisis, newly built affordable apartments in New York City can remain empty for more than a year.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/10/a...

Can Mamdani Tame the NYPD? One hundred days into Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, crime is down, the police union is suspicious, the DSA is impatient — and key promises are unfulfilled.

One hundred days into Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, crime is down, the police union is suspicious, the DSA is impatient — and key promises are unfulfilled.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/10/n...

NYC Has Seen a 93% Drop in Green Cab Drivers Since 2015, Thanks to Uber and Lyft The number of daily trips by Boro Taxis has plummeted 98% from their peak.

New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission data shows there were just 539 working green cab drivers in February — a nearly 93% collapse from May 2015.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/09/g...

reminder: take a walk and look at trees today

I am so proud of this! <3