Environment News – Bronx Times

The newly expanded Grant Park.

NYC Parks, city officials unveils 4.7 acre Grant Park expansion, transforming vacant Bronx lots into green space

By Marina Samuel

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Business

Bronx property owners and workforce push back against state weatherization program cuts

By Emily Swanson

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Concourse Village

Bronx officials kick off weeklong Earth Day cleanups across district 79

By Keke Grant-Floyd

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South Bronx Unite hosts Earth Day festival at Maria Sola Green Space

By Carol Chen

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Two Bronx districts tapped for major NYC trash bin expansion

By Emily Swanson

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Politics

Debate over last-mile delivery bill heats up in first City Council hearing

By Emily Swanson

congestion pricing

Governor Hochul announces congestion pricing is funding air quality improvements at Hunts Point Market

By Ethan Marshall

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Opinion | Packaging waste in New York through the Affordable Waste Reduction Act

By Assembly Member Chantel Jackson

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NYC Parks advocates rally at City Hall for 1% budget funding

By Alice Moreno

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Congress Members demand Con Edison response to dielectric fluid leaks into Bronx River

By Emily Swanson

washington's walk coalition

Washington’s Walk Coalition recognized for completion of Partnerships for Parks’ 2025 Catalyst Program

By Ethan Marshall

Inside the Irving Square restroom in Brooklyn. The stainless-steel bathroom includes a toilet, hand sanitizer, baby changing station, and slatted openings for ventilation and safety.

AMNY

FIRST ON amNY | NYC EDC puts out call for vendors to design new modular public restrooms

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Our Forgotten Borough

OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | A yearlong look at the most important issues in the ‘Boogie Down’

By Bobby Hankinson

Council Member Justin Sanchez installs 60 trash cans as first act representing the South Bronx

By Kaylen Jackson

bca global

Photos: BCA Global and Impact Hub lead roundtable on health of people and planet as a whole

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

A flock of mostly Ring Billed Gulls settled on the shore of Clason Point Park on Sunday while local birders documented the number of birds in the Bronx for the NYC Christmas Bird Count.

An afternoon with the birders of the Bronx: counting birds for the Holiday Season

By: Sadie Brown

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