Weather
Posted inNature
Touching or shaking the fragile flowering trees can harm them. These volunteers on Roosevelt Island make sure that doesn’t happen.
Posted inClimate
A Fifth of NYC Built on Bygone Water Now at Risk: Study Maps City’s ‘Blue Zones’
Researchers at the New York Botanical Garden identified more than 500 places in the city where water used to be, where it still floods and where flooding is likely to get worse due to climate change.
Posted inCity Government
Mamdani’s Sanitation Pick Is a Kathryn Garcia Protége
The mayor is expected to officially announce his choice for commissioner later this week.
Posted inDepartment of Sanitation
Nearly Impossible to Enforce City Pooper Scooper Law, Sanitation Official Says
The Department of Sanitation conducted several stakeouts in high-poop neighborhoods, but caught just two owners in the act of leaving a pile behind.
Posted inHow to New York
How to Tip Delivery Drivers in New York City: A Practical Guide
Is cash still king? Do delivery workers really earn minimum wage? And other questions about properly paying the people bringing you dinner.
Posted inAccessibility
Delinquent Owners Shamed in Council for Snowy Obstacles for the Disabled
“The question is not how the streets were plowed,” one official said. “It was whether they could leave their homes at all.”
Posted inParks, Weather
Snowy Park Complaints Pile Up After Blizzard
Between 1,700 and 2,000 staffers have been working 12-hour shifts to remove snow from sidewalks and paths, according to the Parks Department.
Posted inLabor
Snow Shovelers Answered the Mayor’s Call, But Payday May Not Arrive Until Spring
Mamdani’s $30-per-hour rate got lots of people clearing sidewalks, but some workers who shoveled in past storms have yet to see a paycheck.
Posted inStreets
Oversight on Snowed-In Sidewalks Complicated By Even More Snow
A hearing on the city’s response to January’s winter storm was postponed by this week’s blizzard. New Yorkers with disabilities say they want their voices heard in person.
Posted inHomelessness
Bellevue Hospital a De Facto Homeless Shelter, as Winter Storms Test City Outreach
Dozens of unhoused people have been staying in a warming center at the public hospital for weeks on end and haven’t had any contact with homeless services.

